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"First Play It Safe!"
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A fisherman is standing precariously on the stern of a listing boat on a lake, holding his bent fishing rod with a taut line that is being pulled underwater. The tipping boat is causing bait to spill from a bucket by the bow. His jagged motion is contrasted with the calm lake scene, trees in the background at the shoreline. Text in pencil on right reads: "First Play it Safe!"
Boyum, Sid, 1914-1991
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Fisherman and Fish
Drawing of a man standing and fishing in a lake. He has a pipe in his mouth, and is wearing a hat and waders, with a creel over his shoulder. His fishing pole is taut with a fish on the line that i...
A Summer Memory
Drawing of a fisherman standing on one leg and holding with an outstretched arm a fish on a string in one hand, and a bottle of alcohol in his left hand. He is dancing near a boat on the shoreline ...
Opening Day Fishing Season
1962
Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a fisherman wearing waders in a creek at the juncture of a cascading stream. He is surrounded by trees and forest berms. Holding a fishing rod with taut line in o...
Fishermen in a Boat
Two fishermen are fishing from a boat. One of them is holding a fishing net near the other man's head to catch a fish that has fallen off the hook. Signed "Sid Boyum."
Sid in a Rowboat on a Lake
Sid sitting in a rowboat on a lake with a cigar in his mouth. Wearing an orange, white and black checkered shirt, he is turned sideways looking towards the camera. In the distance is the treed shor...
"Sly Fox"
July 8, 1950
A woman is standing in a boat called the "Sly Fox." She is holding a fishing rod with the line attached to a man frantically trying to escape, indicated by sweat drops. The fishing line has a heart...
