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Emma Boyum

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Description: Emma Marie Boyum (nee Schroeder), mother of Sid Boyum, sitting in a large chair on the front porch of her home at 237 Waubesa Street on the east side of Ma...
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Gisholt Factory on East Washington Avenue

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Description: View across East Washington Avenue towards the Gisholt factory.
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Sid in front of Sanchez Photo

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Description: View from street of Sid standing on the sidewalk in front of the Sanchez Photo portrait studio at 11 North Pinckney Street. A large photograph of Sid smoki...
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Sid on Back of Fire Engine

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Description: View across street towards Sid standing on the back of a fire engine with a cigar in his mouth. In the background are storefronts destroyed by fire and cov...
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Display of Sid's Art Works

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Description: Display of Sid's art works on the street at what appears to be a fair on the Capitol Square. A man, possibly Steve Boyum, is sitting in a chair behind the ...
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Mary's Bee Hive

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Description: Man on the sidewalk in front of Mary's Bee Hive, a lunch counter. Cars are parked at an angle to the curb on the right.
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Pagoda Sketch

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Description: Graphite and blue ink line drawing of Sid Boyum's study on pagodas. The drawing of the central pagoda towers over the landscape, with pine trees on the gro...
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Sid Looking at Fire Damaged Storefronts

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Description: View of Sid standing in the street with a cigar in his mouth looking at damaged storefronts covered with icicles. Snow and ice cover the sidewalk, and a fi...
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"Streets of Yesterday"

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Description: View of "Streets of Yesterday" at House on the Rock.
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Cooperative Pharmacy of Madison

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Description: View across street towards the Cooperative Pharmacy of Madison. The pharmacy is in a brick building on a corner. Cars are parked in a lot on the left.
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East Washington Road Work

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Description: Construction work, probably on East Washington Avenue. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the far distance. A farmhouse is on the right. A pickax is in the ...
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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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"Polar Bear Chair"

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Description: Freshly painted "Polar Bear Chair" sculpture installed in Sid Boyum's front lawn by a driveway and sidewalk and the steps to the front porch of the house. ...
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City's All It's Cracked Up to Be

Date: 04 06 1975
Description: View of the 2800 block of Atwood Avenue showing the condition of the sidewalk. Show three sets of people's legs walking toward a large hole and cracks in t...
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Man and Woman Posing on Sidewalk

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Description: A man and a woman standing and posing together on a sidewalk near State and Gorham Streets. (Oscar Mayer's Coolerator store was located at 401-05 State Str...
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Sid on a Fire Engine

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Description: View across street towards Sid standing on the back of a fire engine with a cigar in his mouth. A police officer wearing a uniform and a badge is standing ...
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Man Standing on Sidewalk

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Description: View of a man standing on the sidewalk near State and Gorham streets holding a cigarette in his hand. Behind him is an intersection with traffic and cars p...
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State Street

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Description: View from under the Badger Liquor awning over a storefront of a woman crossing an intersection at State Street. Across the street on the right are storefro...
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Bob Bender with Christmas Tree

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Description: View down driveway towards Bob Bender posing standing at the curb leaning against a Cadillac Fleetwood limousine holding a small Christmas tree and an axe....
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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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