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R.L. Bender Deluxe Cab at 1,000,000 Miles

Date: 1982
Description: Bob Bender, wearing a business suit and a chauffeur hat, is posing next to "Nellie," his shiny, black 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood parked in front of the Wiscon...
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Sid "Shooting" with a Broom

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Description: Sid, with a cigar in his mouth, a metal lampshade on his head, and wearing a backpack, is laying across two desks in an office with a broom in his arms as ...
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Sid Holding Two Trout

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Description: Portrait of Sid Boyum holding two female brown trout, one 8.5 pounds and the other 6 pounds. In the background is a bridge or pier, and a body of water.
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Sid Costumed as Hitler

Date: 1939
Description: Portrait of Sid Boyum with his mouth open as if speaking. He is dressed as Adolf Hitler and has a fake moustache.
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Portrait of Young Sid Boyum

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Sid Boyum.
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Sid Boyum as Spencer Tracy

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Sid Boyum costumed as Spencer Tracy. He is wearing a hat, neck tie, and jacket.
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Sid Boyum in Ripon

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Description: View across lawn towards Sid Boyum sitting on the steps of the meeting house where the Republican Party held its first meeting in Ripon.
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Sid Boyum at the Office

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Description: Sid Boyum siting in an office at Gisholt with a cigar in his mouth.
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Sid with Hat and Boots

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Description: Portrait of Sid sitting on a bed with boots on his hands, and a coat and a hat. The fur-lining of his coat surrounds his face.
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Sid in Conference Room at Gisholt

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Description: Portrait of Sid, wearing a suit and sitting in a chair in a Gisholt conference room with his hand on his chin.
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Sid Sitting Indoors

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Description: Sid Boyum sitting indoors in what appears to be a living room. He is wearing a bow tie and suit jacket. He is holding a cigar to his mouth.
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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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Sid Standing with Colleague

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Description: Sid and a colleague standing in what appears to be a work area. Sid is leaning back, while holding a pair of eyeglasses in his right hand and grasping his ...
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Sid Posing in Darkroom

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Description: Sid standing in a print drying room adjacent to a darkroom (likely at Gisholt). He wears trousers and a tie, and is holding his pipe in his right hand. A p...
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Sid with Smoking Trout

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Sid with an unlit cigar in his mouth, holding up a trout in both hands. The trout has a cigar stuck in its mouth. The area around the ...
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Caveman Sid

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Description: View of Sid, with a cigar in his mouth and holding a club, sitting on an animal-skin rug outdoors in what may be a quarry. He is wearing a rag mop on his h...
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Ducks Unlimited Promotion

Date: 02 1964
Description: Group portrait of four men, taken at the Club Chanticleer, holding up a banner depicting ducks in a marsh. There is a "Support Ducks Unlimited" poster in t...
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Portrait of Young Sid Boyum

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Sid Boyum.
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Two Managers Posing with Large Machine at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Two men in button-down shirts and neckties are standing in front of a large metal tooling machine in a corner of the Gisholt Machine Company factory. Large...
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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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