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Practical Joke

Date: 1950
Description: Mounted on a ladder, a man is poised to empty a bucket onto the open umbrella of a man sitting on a sidewalk bench.
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Capturing the Hodag

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Description: A staged scene depicting men poised with weapons pointed at a hodag, a mythical beast, who has attacked a child.
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White Rabbit Longtail and C.A. Leicht

Date: 08 1914
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an 85-year-old Ho-Chunk man, White Rabbit Longtail, posing standing and smiling while pretending to scalp his friend, C.A. L...
Photograph

Governor Heil Squirting Milk

Date: 06 08 1939
Description: Governor Julius Heil squirting milk from a cow on a parade float. The Governor climbed aboard the float during the dairyland parade, a part of Milwaukee's ...
Photograph

War Correspondent's Gag Photo

Date: 1944
Description: Four war correspondents pose for a gag photo. Identified (left to right) Frank Morris, Collier's Magazine; Harold Smith, Chicago Tribune; Ray...
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"Riot in Cell Block 11" Production Still

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Description: Actor Neville Brand, director Don Siegel, and another actor joke around on the set of the film "Riot in Cell Block 11." Brand holds Siegel as the other act...
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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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Composite Image of Two Men Standing in front of Gisholt

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Description: Composite image of a man wearing a suit standing in front of the Gisholt Machine Company entrance. He is looking up at a man scaled as tall as the building...
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Sid on Christmas Card

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Description: Composite of photographs and hand-drawn elements with text for a humorous Christmas card. Sid is depicted pulling dissected pieces of himself together. He ...
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Car on Pontoon

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Description: John "Commodore" Heggestad driving a car across Lake Monona on a pontoon. An article called "The 'Monona-Mobile'" was published in the Gisholt Machine Comp...
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Sid Begging

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Description: NEW: Sid is standing outside of Mel's Food, begging with his hat in his hands. Sid is wearing sunglasses and has a cigar in his mouth. The back of a passe...
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Sid Holding Large Fishing Lure

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Description: Portrait of Sid standing in a room holding an oversized fishing lure attached to a rope. Sid has a cigar in his mouth, and his fingernails are stained, pro...
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Sid Holding "Fire Sale Soon" Sign

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Description: Sid dressed in a suit and tie standing outdoors holding a sheet of paper that reads: "Fire Sale Soon" in front of an unknown building which during a fire. ...
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Sid Sitting on Toilet

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Description: Self-portrait of Sid Boyum using a slave unit for a flash. He is wearing a shirt and necktie sitting on a toilet with his pants down around his ankles. He ...
Drawing

Portrait of Woman on Pedestal

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Description: A women's photographic head shot has been pasted onto a line drawing depicting her as the capital of a pillar. The pillar is decorated with flowers and hea...
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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...
Postcard

Bienleins Livery After Halloween

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Description: View of the livery stable, with a row of five buggies parked on the roof after Halloween. Seven boys are standing among the buggies on the roof, and anothe...
Photograph

Doc and Jack

Date: 08 1916
Description: Another view of Doc Copeland dipping Jack's face in the Chippewa River to wash off the toothpaste.
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Stunt: Big Baby in a Wash Tub

Date: 1918
Description: As a stunt, a man is dressed up as a big baby and sitting in a wash tub. He is looking at the camera while wearing a bonnet, and holding a glass bottle wit...
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Stunt: Big Baby in the Baby Carriage

Date: 1918
Description: A man is dressed up as a big baby and is sitting in a wicker baby carriage. He is drinking from a glass bottle. A woman wearing round eyeglasses is standin...

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