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Sid Boyum with Sculpture in Backyard

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Description: Sid is standing in his backyard posing with a sculpture. More sculptures and the torii gate are in the yard behind him among shrubs. The Madison-Kipp Corpo...
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Tea Garden Card with Sid Boyum in Costume

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Description: Christmas card by Sid of himself standing in his backyard in the tea garden. Boyum, in grey kimono and straw conical hat and holding a small wooden keg, is...
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Fisherman by Power House and Dam

Date: 06 1962
Description: Landscape photograph by Sid Boyum of a fisherman on the bank of Big Spring Creek near a power house and dam. The fisherman to the right blends into the bui...
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Sid Boyum with Sculpture in Backyard

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Description: Sid is standing outdoors in his backyard working on a large sculpture inspired by South Asian styles, which is shaded by trees and shrubs. There are other...
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Sid Boyum with Sculpture in Backyard

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Description: Waist-up view of Sid in his backyard working on a large sculpture inspired by South Asian styles. There are shrubs and trees shading the yard. More sculpt...
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Sid with Camera on Tripod

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Description: Sid is standing and operating a camera on a tripod inside a building with concrete walls and exposed pipes. He is wearing eyeglasses and has a cigar in his...
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Blue Pillar Sculpture with the Artist

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Description: Sid Boyum standing in his backyard between the Blue Pillar with Figure and Pelican, and a large white Lantern sculpture. Other sculptures are in the backgr...
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Power Plant

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Description: View over chain link fence towards a train on the railroad tracks near a power plant and water tower.
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Railroad Workers

Date: 1940
Description: Two men, railroad workers, fixing the wooden railroad ties. In the background are railroad cars on another set of railroad tracks.m
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Boy Playing Marbles

Date: 1940
Description: A boy is crouching on the ground playing a game of marbles outdoors in the dirt. In the background is a building with an open doorway.
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A Railroad Coaling Tower

Date: 1940
Description: View alongside railroad tracks towards a railroad coaling tower. Railroad cars are on another set of tracks on the left. A locomotive is on the center set ...
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Steam Locomotive

Date: 1940
Description: View towards a steam locomotive coming down one of a set of five railroad tracks at a railroad crossing. A group of locomotives are parked in the backgroun...
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Japanese Structure and Sculptures

Date: 02 1970
Description: View of Sid's backyard, with a Japanese structure and sculptures in the snow. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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Ponds and Bamboo

Date: 06 1971
Description: Sid's backyard with a small concrete pond and bamboo, Cedar trees and a fence. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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Steam Locomotive

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Description: View alongside railroad tracks looking towards an approaching steam locomotive. In the background on the right is a power plant with smokestacks.
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Buddha Sculpture Inside Lantern Sculpture

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Description: Sid's lantern sculpture with a Buddha sculpture inside is surrounded by trees and plants. The sculpture is called "Three-Tiered Tower." The Madison-Kipp Co...
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Sid's Sculpture in Backyard

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Description: Sid's sculpture of faces and human bodies, identified as "Tree Spirits" partially covered by plastic, in his backyard. The Madison-Kipp Corporation factory...
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Japanese Tea Pavilion

Date: 02 1970
Description: Japanese Tea Pavilion with an Oriental Ground Lantern and "Closed Abstraction in White" in Sid's backyard. Madison-Kipp Corporation is in the background.
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Reetz Pump House

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Description: View through open door towards the Reetz Pump House, where inside two men are operating a pump. One of them may be Steve Hopkins.
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Schematic of Gisholt Plant Layout

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Description: Line drawing on tissue paper showing the layout of the Gisholt plant buildings over two blocks at East Washington and Baldwin Streets. Shows streets and ra...

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