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Woman Holding Fish

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Description: Alma Reinhardt Taylor, the photographer's wife, holding a large-mouth bass.
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Co-eds Lampooning "Beauty Spot" Fad

Date: 02 18 1948
Description: Three University of Wisconsin co-eds sporting "outsize" beauty spots lampooning a fad that is sweeping the country for a stye show sponsored by the Univers...
Photograph

Alligators Driving Vintage Automobile

Date: 1907
Description: Two stuffed alligators appear in a 1903 Model A Cadillac automobile. One is driving, the other riding in the back seat. Palm trees and dwellings are in the...
Photograph

Deer Hunters Display Trophies on Car

Date: 11 1959
Description: Danny Sands and Dick Goldfield (right) standing by a wood-sided station wagon with two deer tied to the front hood lid, and a third deer on top of the car....
Photograph

Two Men Pointing Guns at Dog

Date: 1895
Description: Two men are standing, one on the left with a pistol, and one on the right with a rifle, both aiming their weapons at a dog, which is sitting on its hind le...
Photograph

Kissing Stuffed Badger

Date: 2011
Description: A young lady kissing a stuffed Badger on game day as two friends are watching and laughing. Behind the group is a red automobile.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Ducks Unlimited Dinner

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Description: A man wearing rain gear is holding a pot of seafood with a fish in his mouth while standing in the center of tables during a Ducks Unlimited dinner. Men ar...
Drawing

Drawing of Sid on $100 Bill

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Description: Portrait of Sid with a cigar in his mouth on a $100 bill. On the left is a drawing of a cow's mouth, ears and horns around the "Federal Reserve Bank" seal....
Drawing

Two Men and Outhouse

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Description: Two barefoot men are standing and looking at a dilapidated outhouse, which has a sliding board for a seat extending out of the sides of the outhouse. The b...
Drawing

Giraffe

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Description: Profile drawing of a giraffe standing with its eyes closed. At the top, text reads, "The high•balls are on me!"; at the bottom, "Buy Your Own."
Drawing

Man Brewing Cat Nip Tea

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Description: Drawing of a man wearing an apron making cat nip tea. The man is using one hand to drop something into a pot on the stove, and with the other hand holding ...
Drawing

Santa Claus Riding a Turret Lathe

Date: 1953
Description: Composite drawing of Santa Claus riding a Gisholt Machine Company lathe as a sleigh and holding a starred whip in hand to guide a team of eight flying rein...
Drawing

"The High Balls are on Me!"

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Description: Drawing of two giraffes, both the same height, but with the giraffe on the left with a shorter neck and longer legs, and the giraffe on the right with a lo...
Photograph

Hindsite, Foresight

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Description: Sid sitting backwards on a donkey, with a cigar in his mouth and wearing a hat. He is looking through what appears to be a pair of binoculars. Caption at t...
Postcard

Whiffle-Buck in the Northwoods of Boulder Junction

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Description: A whiffle-buck, a fictional creature made by combining antlers, fangs, and a head. It is posed as if it were peeking out from behind a felled tree. Caption...

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