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Otto's Fun Shop

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Description: View across street towards Otto's Newstand and Fun Shop located at 2045 Atwood Avenue. There are neon signs for "Otto's News Stand" and "Tobacco Novelties"...
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"Six-Sided Red Lantern"

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Description: Cast-concrete barrel-shaped sculpture identified as "Six-sided Red Lantern" set on rocks in Sid's backyard. The lantern measures 30" x 29" x 29". Madison-K...
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Car on Pontoon

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Description: John "Commodore" Heggestad driving a car across Lake Monona on a pontoon. An article called "The 'Monona-Mobile'" was published in the Gisholt Machine Comp...
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Waiting for Opening Day Catch

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Description: Composite photograph of one forming the background that shows a man with a pipe in his mouth, fishing at the edge of an inlet of a lake and stream, and of ...
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Steve Hopkins and Roger Debenham Posing with Trout

Date: 05 1973
Description: Steve Hopkins and Roger Debenham posing in Sturgeon Bay with seven trout they caught on Lake Michigan hanging from pegs under a sign that reads, "Bay Chart...
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"Live in Fear" and "Smiling Mushroom"

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Description: Red painted wooden Japanese torii gate, and a side view of a sculptural arch of a standing old man in Sid Boyum's backyard. The man, with a prodigious nose...
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"Creature Abstract" Sculpture

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Description: Shaded sculpture, identified as "Creature Abstract," in Sid Boyum's backyard. Painted entirely white, the sculpture uses bold negative spaces with curvilin...
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Man Fishing in Chair

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Description: View across a marshy area towards a man, Mike Heberlein (of Cambridge), fishing while sitting in a wooden, ladder-back, dining chair that is submerged in t...
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Exterior of Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: View at night of 1245 East Washington Avenue towards the main entrance of Gisholt Machine Company. The sign above the entrance reads: "Gisholt Machine Co."...
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Eager Fisherman Reeling in Trout

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Description: View across water towards a shoreline where an older goateed fisherman wearing hip waders kneels on the bank holding a fishing rod and looking at a "leapin...
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Del Wood's Country Store

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Description: View from parking lot of "Del Wood's Country Store, Cheese, Liquor, Gift Shoppe." Three people are standing on the covered porch near the entrance. Agricul...
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Man Posing on Ice Covered Bicycle

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Description: A man, wearing a fur coat, galoshes, a hat, and goggles is pretending to ride a bicycle that is covered by icicles. The bicycle is parked outdoors along th...
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Gisholt Factory on East Washington Avenue

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Description: View from corner of East Washington Avenue at Baldwin Street towards the Gisholt factory. In the foreground is a water fountain (bubbler) on the sidewalk. ...
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Ladish Malting Co.

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Ladish Malting Co. A sign in the foreground reads: "Look out for cars. Warning." Cars are parked on the far right, ...
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"Monona-Mobile" on Lake Monona

Date: 1955
Description: View across water towards the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) on Lake Monona, close to a pier on the left where a man is standing and watching. Buildings on ...
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Men with Monona-Mobile

Date: 1955
Description: A group of men are standing on the pontoons of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon car) which is near a pier on the left. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the fa...
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Commodore Heggestad with "Monona-Mobile"

Date: 1955
Description: View from pier of John "Commodore" Heggestad of Department 40 of Gisholt proudly standing on the pontoon of the "Monona-Mobile" (pontoon boat) on which his...
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Group Portrait of Men in Front of Ducks Unlimited Bus

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Description: Group portrait of men in front of a chartered Badger Bus Lines bus, with a Ducks Unlimited sign taped on the front. The bus is parked in front of a brick b...
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Badger Liquor Shop

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Description: Elevated view across the street of the Badger Liquor Shop at the intersection of State and Gorham Streets. People are standing and sitting along the curb i...
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Oscar Mayer's Wieners Truck

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Description: Delivery truck parked on the street of a residential neighborhood. The writing on the truck's front reads: "Oscar Mayer's/Meats of Good Taste." The writing...

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