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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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Earle Ehrhart portrait

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Description: Earl Ehrhart, owner of the Union House Tavern where Sid frequented in his retirement years
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Fiddle Player

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Description: Man playing fiddle in the kitchen of a house.
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Man with Horse Sculpture

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Description: Portrait of a man standing behind a horse sculpture.
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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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Sid Standing with Colleague

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Description: Sid and a colleague standing in what appears to be a work area. Sid is leaning back, while holding a pair of eyeglasses in his right hand and grasping his ...
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Walter Naef Making Clocks

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Description: Walter Naef sitting at a table working on clocks. Clocks of many types and sizes, including grandfather clocks, are displayed around him.
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Gisholt Duke

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Description: Waist-up portrait of a mechanic at Gisholt. He is wearing work clothes, a hat and a pair of safety glasses.
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Sid Standing with "Gnome"

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Description: Sid standing with the "Gnome" sculpture in his backyard. Holding a cigar in his mouth, he wears a dark beret, a short-sleeved white button-down shirt, dark...
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Man Pretending to Play a Fishing Net

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Description: A man is standing and pretending to play a fishing net like a guitar. He is inside a large room crowded with furniture and stacked cabinetry.
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Woman in Gisholt Darkroom

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Description: A woman is posing as if she is ready to throw a box of dry mounting tissue while standing in the Gisholt darkroom.
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Woman Posing in Gisholt Darkroom

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Description: A woman is posing in profile as if she is ready to throw a box of dry mounting tissue while standing in the Gisholt darkroom.
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Sid Sitting on of "Toonerville"

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Description: View of Sid sitting in his backyard on the back of his trolley car, "Toonerville," holding a stick in his hand and pretending to fish. Sid is wearing a lar...
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Sid with "Gnome"

Date: 1990
Description: Sid posing with the "Gnome" sculpture in his backyard, hand resting on its head. Holding a signature cigar in his mouth, he is wearing a dark beret, a shor...
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Man Posing with Fishing Rod and Waders

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Description: View of Stan Hamre, laying along the concrete sidewalk at the foot of Sid Boyum's front porch steps, with one of his legs resting on one of the steps. He ...
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Steve Hopkins Reading in His Cabin

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Description: Steve Hopkins, the outdoor writer for the Wisconsin State Journal, sits in an armchair reading a manuscript next to a fireplace in his cabin. There ...
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Robert Overman Hodgell with Sculptures

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Description: Robert Overman Hodgell, wearing a paisley shirt and eyeglasses, contemplating two wooden sculptures. The sculpture on the left is a headless, armless naked...
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Sid Posing with His Sculptures

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Description: Sid standing in the backyard on Waubesa Street among his forest of concrete cast sculptures, like the "Multi-Tiered Pagoda," "Blue Tripod," and "Biomorphic...
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Portrait of Postal Carrier Carl Wagner

Date: 1972
Description: Portrait of the postal carrier Carl Wagner on the porch of Sid's house, displaying a Life magazine in his arms, and holding a stack of mail.
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Sid Holding Shotgun on Toonerville Trolley

Date: 04 21 1974
Description: Portrait by photo journalist, Edwin Stein, of Sid in his backyard standing on the back of the Toonerville Trolley holding a shotgun. Sid is wearing a large...

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