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Sid Boyum Working on Painting

Date: 1962
Description: Sid Boyum, standing in his backyard, painting a landscape depicting Little Fork River in northwest Minnesota.
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Sid Boyum Ice Fishing

Date: 1960
Description: Sid Boyum ice fishing on a lake. He is sitting on a chair near an ice fishing hut. On the left a car is parked with the trunk open. Other ice fishing huts ...
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Sid at Bridal Dinner

Date: 1963
Description: Sid caught underneath a table during a bridal dinner. Sid is looking out from under a tablecloth draped over his neck after trays of dishes crashed to the ...
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Sid and Unidentified Man at Gathering

Date: 07 1962
Description: Portrait of Sid standing with another man at a gathering. Both men are wearing suits and have cigars in their mouths. Two women are in the background on th...
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Arched Bridge Over Pond

Date: 09 1969
Description: Arched bridge across small pond in Sid's backyard. In the background are a Japanese structure and Fudog lantern.
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Sid Posing on Stone Wall in Cemetery

Date: 1961
Description: View of Sid posing sitting with his feet up on the stone wall at the entrance to a cemetery with a July 1961 calendar under his arm and a cigar in his mout...
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Gene Coffman with "Abstract Girl"

Date: 09 1965
Description: Gene Coffman, with a paintbrush in his mouth and holding a package of Disguise Stix©, standing next to "Abstract Girl" in his garage on Sommers Avenue. Th...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season - Memories of Fishing Seasons

Date: 1967
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of John Anderson and Earle Robert (Rob) Metcalf hunting in the dark for nightcrawlers for fishing. John is standing and ill...
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"Peace which, like silence, is everywhere until it is broken"

Date: 1963
Description: Sid is crouching beneath a table. He has a cigar in his mouth, and is sticking his head out from under the tablecloth and smiling. On the floor is a chaoti...
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Ice Chippers Dinner

Date: 1961
Description: A woman sitting on the lap of a man at an Ice Chippers event. Several more men are sitting at the table. Posters are taped to the wall behind the group, an...
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Ice Chippers Ice Hole

Date: 1961
Description: At an Ice Chippers dinner, a man is presenting another man with a toilet seat, which has a cartoon with the message: "Try this on your ice hole." Behind th...
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Cambodian Lion Armature

Date: 07 1969
Description: Armature made of flat, interlocking plywood pieces sitting on the lawn in Sid's backyard, in the general shape of the Cambodian Lion sculpture. Parts of th...
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"Guardian Lion" in Blue

Date: 09 1969
Description: Southeast Asian-styled "Guardian Lion" concrete-cast sculpture on a large rectangular base painted blue in Sid's backyard. In the background is the white "...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1968
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing titled, "Today and Tomorrow — The Fisherman's Myth Never Flounders," that appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on...
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Arch and Sculptures in Sid's Backyard

Date: 1967
Description: View of Sid's backyard looking towards the back of the house. There is a large arch in the center with wind chimes hanging on it. Shrubs, trees, plants and...
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Gene Coffman at His Desk

Date: 1966
Description: Gene Coffman, founder of Gratco Corporation, at his home office desk, 414 Clemons Ave., looking down at a small toy model.
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Gene Coffman at His Desk

Date: 1966
Description: Gene Coffman, founder of Gratco Corporation, looking up from his office desk in his home, 414 Clemons Ave.

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