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Paintings on Walls

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Description: In a corner of the upstairs bedroom (Sid's house) there are a number of painting works with different sizes and themes hanging on the wall.
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Display for Madison Toy Loan

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Description: Display for the Madison Toy Loan program, set up in the corner of an industrial building. Signs for the display read: "Madison Toy Loan takes toys, like th...
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Alwin Nikolais Dance Company

Date: 12 1978
Description: The Alwin Nikolais Dance Company performs a routine with tensile materials at the Union Theater. Nikolais was awarded a Mayoral Citation for Alwin Nikolais...
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Jessica Sayre and Alwin Nikolais

Date: 12 1978
Description: Alwin Nikolais watches as Jessica Sayre rehearses a new dance. The Nikolais Dance Company later performed at the Union Theater. Nikolais was awarded a Mayo...
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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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Sid in His Living Room

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Description: Sid Boyum, with a cigar in his mouth, is sitting on a fur-covered sofa in his living room reading a magazine. There is a large, carved wooden shelving unit...
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Sid Building Sculpture Form

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Description: Sid Boyum, with a cigar in his mouth, is standing on a ladder while building a wooden form for his concrete casting of an abstract geometric sculpture that...
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Tea Garden Card with Sid Boyum in Costume

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Description: Christmas card by Sid of himself standing in his backyard in the tea garden. Boyum, in grey kimono and straw conical hat and holding a small wooden keg, is...
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Sid in his Backyard

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Description: View across lawn towards Sid, standing and wearing a Japanese kimono and near the large arch, the Japanese Tea Pavilion and other lantern sculptures in his...
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Aaron Bohrod's Bathroom

Date: 05 13 1953
Description: Interior of Aaron Bohrod's bathroom, 715 E. Gorham Street. His drawings decorate the upper walls of the room, including the mirror frame. An assortment of ...
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Sid Boyum: Eccentric in Paradise

Date: 04 09 1979
Description: View of Sid Boyum sitting in his living room at 237 Waubesa Street. He is sitting on a couch and holding a jug previously used for vinegar, which he sculpt...
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Merrillyn Wegner with her Puppets

Date: 12 10 1953
Description: Merrillyn (Mrs. Robert) Wegner is shown holding puppets and standing in front of a set from "Your Puppet Pals", a weekly show on WKOW-TV. She has a smiling...
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Madison Art Association Exhibit

Date: 10 15 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod (right) chats with Madison architect William Kaeser (left) at the preview for the Madison Art Ass...
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Ceramic Arts Studios

Date: 01 27 1954
Description: Paul Byrge making molds for ceramic figures at Ceramic Arts Studios, 8 North Blount Street.
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Judging Madison Art Exhibit Entries

Date: 02 12 1954
Description: Rainey Bennett from Chicago examining an entry in the Madison Art Association art show. He is squatting down between framed canvases.
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Judging Madison Art Exhibit Entries

Date: 02 12 1954
Description: Rainey Bennett from Chicago ponders the decision of the best art work as a judge at the Madison Art Association art show.
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Aaron Bohrod, U.W. Artist-in-Residence

Date: 04 1955
Description: University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, posing in his studio behind three vertically nested picture frames.
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Aaron Bohrod, U.W. Artist-in-Residence

Date: 04 1955
Description: University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, at work in his campus studio. Bohrod started the position in 1948.
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Aaron Bohrod, U.W. Artist-in-Residence

Date: 04 1955
Description: University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, displaying a ceramic urn he recently completed in his campus studio. Bohrod started the position...
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Aaron Bohrod, U.W. Artist-in-Residence

Date: 04 1955
Description: University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, welcoming young visitors to his campus studio. Shown with Bohrod (left to right) are: John Drake...

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