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Sid Smoking in Meeting Room

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Description: Portrait in profile of Sid Boyum sitting in the dark smoking a cigar while sitting in a chair.
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Portrait of Sid

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Sid smoking pipe.
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Sid Playing Doctor

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Description: Sid and a woman are using stethoscopes and blood pressure cuff to check the vital of another man. Sid is smoking a cigar.
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Man Helping Sid Install Torii Gate

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Description: Sid and a man are struggling to set the torii gate upright in Sid's backyard.
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Sid Running Towards Signboard

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Description: Sid walking towards a signboard that reads: "Regulations For Use Of --- (unclear)."
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Walt Handford Retirement Party

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Description: Sid Boyum presenting Walt Handford of Gisholt Machine Company with a signed piece of artwork at Walt's retirement party.
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Sid Boyum Painting a Mural

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Description: Sid Boyum painting a Works Progress Administration (WPA) mural of a toy shop. The 1940 census lists Sid as an artist/government worker for the Toy Loan Pro...
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Group Portrait of Sid and Three Men on Frozen Lake

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Description: Group portrait of Sid Boyum and three other men, likely of the Gisholt Ice Chippers fishing club, standing on the ice with sleds and fishing equipment.
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Sid and His Son

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Description: Indoor portrait of Sid sitting with his son, Steve, in his lap. Behind them is a sink near a window.
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Be One or Buy One!

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Description: Portrait of a drunk man with a large, red veiny nose and half-closed eyes. Text reads: "Be One or Buy One!" Signed "Sid Boyum."
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Sid Wearing Hat and Coat

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Sid wearing an overcoat and hat, with his signature cigar in his mouth.
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Gisholt Machine Company Treasurer with Sid Boyum Art

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Description: The Gisholt Machine Company treasurer is standing and displaying a Sid Boyum drawing on top of a desk. The drawing was created for the treasurer in celebra...
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Sid Boyum Working on Sculpture in Backyard

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Description: Waist-up view of Sid working on a sculpture inspired by South Asian styles in his backyard. Trees and shrubs are shading the yard.
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Sid and His Son

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Description: Portrait of Sid sitting in a chair with his son, Steve, on his lap. Behind them is a sink near a window.
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Sid Standing in Hole for Torii Gate

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Description: Sid is standing in the hole he has dug in the ground for the torii gate.
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Sid with Wagon Wheels

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Description: Portrait of Sid standing on a lawn near a row of wagon wheels set into the ground. A lake is below in the background. Sid is wearing khaki pants, and a but...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Sid Boyum: Eccentric in Paradise

Date: 04 09 1979
Description: View of Sid Boyum sitting in his living room at 237 Waubesa Street. He is sitting on a couch and holding a jug previously used for vinegar, which he sculpt...
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Sid Looking at Photography Exhibit

Date: 12 1972
Description: Sid looking at a "Storyville" photograph by E. J. Bellocq at an exhibition. He is wearing a brown fedora with buckled band and feather.
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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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Sid Playing Horseshoes

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Description: Sid playing horseshoes with a cigar in his mouth.

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