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Three Men at a Bar

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Description: Three men sit at a bar socializing with a bartender and drinking shots. The man in the foreground is holding a cigarette. Various bottles of alcohol are in...
Photograph

Group Portrait of Men and Women at a Bar

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Description: A group of men and women sitting around a table smoking cigarettes and gesturing, probably at a bar or restaurant. One of the women is kicking her leg high...
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Men at Bar

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Description: Group portrait of men, including Sid's friend, Eugene Beckman (in front), sitting on stools and drinking at a fishing-themed bar. A man and a woman are sta...
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Sid and Three Men in Karabis Tavern

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Description: View across curved bar towards Sid and three other men at the Karabis tavern. Sid is laying on top of the bar on his back, with his head resting on a blank...
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Sid and Three Men in Karabis Tavern

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Description: View across curved bar towards Sid and three other men at the Karabis tavern. Sid is laying on top of the bar on his back with his eyes closed, his hands f...
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Fish Banquet

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Description: Elevated view of a large group of men sitting down at a fish banquet. The men are sitting at long tables spanning two rooms. On the far right is a table wi...
Drawing

Invitation to a Winter Holiday Party

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Description: Hand-drawn invitation by Sid for a Gisholt Machine Company winter holiday party that reads: "Come what will — we observe our holidays still." Dec. 21st, 5 ...
Photograph

Woman with Camera and Bottles of Schlitz Beer

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Description: Portrait of a woman sitting on a chair holding a cigarette and holding a camera up to her eye. On the table in front of her are three Schlitz beer bottles,...
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Woman Posing with Schlitz Bottles

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Description: Portrait of a smiling woman, sitting behind three Schlitz beer bottles on a table in front of her.
Drawing

Drawing of Men Making Moonshine

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Description: Drawing of two men outdoors making moonshine. Two men standing together on the left are dressed in suits, and one of them is carrying a briefcase. The text...
Drawing

Bartender with Customer

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Description: A bartender is serving a customer in a bar while standing with his pants halfway down his legs exposing his backside. The title above the drawing reads: "I...
Drawing

Injured Bird

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Description: Drawing of an injured bird with bandages on its cheek, neck, and wing. Supported by a crutch, it is leaning against a bar by a drink with an ice cube on a ...
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Man Drinking Scotch

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Description: Drawing of a man wearing a tailcoat and a hat, drinking a bottle of Scotch with one hand while holding a jug of Bourbon labeled with a capital letter "K" o...
Drawing

Three Naked Women with Grapes and Champagne Glass

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Description: Black-ink drawing of a bacchanalian scene with three naked women amidst three grape bunches. One is holding the stem of a champagne glass that is emitting ...
Drawing

"Spring is Sprung"

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Description: Drawing of a naked man with a beard sitting in the grass and drinking from a tankard. His right leg is stretched up in the air. Bunches of grapes with gree...
Poster

"S.O.B. Save Our Bartender"

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Description: Poster with a portrait of a man wearing a captain's style hat with the insignia of a bottle, and eyeglasses, with a beard and moustache, with a noose aroun...
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Leprechaun with Whiskey and Snake

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Description: A man dressed as a leprechaun, with a red nose and face, is raising up a cup of whiskey in his right hand. He is holding a bottle behind his back. A snake ...
Poster

"We Dry You Out . . ."

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Description: Cartoon image of a man face-down and going through a hand-cranked wringer, with his face looking at a martini glass sitting in front of him. His tie and to...
Poster

"I Gotta Put My Self Through the Wringer . . ."

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Description: Full-length caricature of a man in a suit and a hat facing left. Possibly a self-portrait. He is holding a hand-cranked clothes wringer behind his back. Te...
Poster

"I Owned a Tavern"

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Description: Two panels of a three-panel cartoon, arranged vertically. A wall and ornate fence are in the middle-ground of both panels. A woman in the foreground (JoAnn...

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