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Sid Wins World Champion Liar

Date: 1976
Description: 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 ...
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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
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Man Posing as a Fisherman in Sid's Backyard

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Description: A man posing with a fishing pole in his hand is bending over while leaning against a board in Sid's snowy backyard. He is wearing hip waders, a hat, and a ...
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Man Posing on Devil Statue in Wisconsin Dells

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Description: A man is posing in a running profile on top of one of two stone gargoyles that flanks an historical marker for the Dawn Manor in the Wisconsin Dells. Dedic...
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Cecil's Boot Ranch

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Description: Portrait of Jerry Smotherman, an employee of Cecil's Sandals and Boot Ranch, sitting on a western saddle placed over the back of the Southeast Asian-styled...
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Sid and James Fraser Statue

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Description: Sid posing with a cigar in his mouth while holding an umbrella above his head. He is standing next to the James Fraser bronze statue of a horse with an exh...
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Sid with Toonerville in Winter

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Description: Sid standing in his snowy backyard looking at his wooden trolley, Toonerville, which has been covered with plastic for the winter. Some of Sid's sculptures...
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Sid Boyum on his Toonerville Trolley

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Description: View across the backyard of 237 Waubesa St. looking at Sid Boyum standing on the back of his wooden trolley, "Toonerville". Sid has a corncob pipe in his m...
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Sid with Clay Model of Sambo

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Description: Sid posing with a clay model of Sambo, one of the Milwaukee County Zoo's gorillas during the 1950s. Sid is wearing a suit and has a cigar in his mouth. Beh...
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Sid at Home

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Description: Sid sitting in a chair at home with his chin in his hand and a cigar in his mouth. A statue of a walrus and a bookcase full of books is in the background.
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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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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 Boyum with Sculpture

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Description: Sid Boyum playfully poking his head out from behind a sculpture of a woman's torso.
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Sid Reading Newspaper in his Backyard

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Description: Sid sitting on a stool on top of his "Hippopotamus" sculpture in his backyard at 237 Waubesa Street. He has a cigar in his mouth and is reading a newspaper...
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Sid in his Backyard Garden

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Description: View across Sid's backyard, with Sid standing and wearing a Japanese kimono near one of his Japanese lanterns and a gate. In the background behind a fence ...
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John Cato, Shriner

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Description: Seated portrait of John Cato, wearing a Shriner fez and medal, in Sid's front room. He is sitting in front of a Buddha head in high relief. There is a Japa...
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John Cato, Shriner

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Description: Portrait of John Cato, a Shriner, in Sid Boyum's front room, wearing a Zembo Temple fez and black formal suit. He is in front of a Buddha relief on the wal...
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John Cato, Shriner

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Description: Portrait of John Cato, a Shriner, wearing a top hat, formal black suit and large chain necklace with a medallion. He is sitting in Sid Boyum's front room i...

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