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Sid Wins World Champion Liar
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Waist-up portrait of Sid Boyum in his backyard proudly holding a medal he won for an entry to the Burlington Liars Club in 1976. The entry read: "During a recent cold snap, I saw a nightcrawler steal the fur coat off a caterpillar and crawl back in his hole." The medal is a visual pun for the club, fashioned into the shape of a lyre, which is centered in a ring that suspends from two short chains attached to a miniature plaque that reads "World Champion Liar." Sid holds a cigar in his mouth, and wears a collared shirt with breast pocket full of cigars and a pair of eyeglasses. A small microphone is attached to a shirt button for what must have been an interview over his award.
1976
Boyum, Sid, 1914-1991
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W013H7B
WHi 121702
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