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Sid with Toonerville in Winter

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Description: Sid standing in his snowy backyard looking at his wooden trolley, Toonerville, which has been covered with plastic for the winter. Some of Sid's sculptures...
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Sid Boyum on his Toonerville Trolley

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Description: View across the backyard of 237 Waubesa St. looking at Sid Boyum standing on the back of his wooden trolley, "Toonerville". Sid has a corncob pipe in his m...
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Minister Simon Sparrow 01

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Description: Portrait of Simon Sparrow posing in front of one of his artworks.
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Boyce Totz

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Description: Painter Boyce Totz in a chair and looking out of a window.
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Sid Boyum Working on Painting

Date: 1962
Description: Sid Boyum, standing in his backyard, painting a landscape depicting Little Fork River in northwest Minnesota.
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Sid Boyum Painting a Mural

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Description: Sid Boyum painting a Works Progress Administration (WPA) mural of a toy shop. The 1940 census lists Sid as an artist/government worker for the Toy Loan Pro...
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Robert Overman Hodgell with Sculptures

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Description: Robert Overman Hodgell, wearing a paisley shirt and eyeglasses, contemplating two wooden sculptures. The sculpture on the left is a headless, armless naked...
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Doc Fosmark with Elephant Painting

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Description: Dr. Carl Forsmark holding a paintbrush up to an oil painting of an elephant, which is framed and hanging on the wall. "That painting is the first oil pain...
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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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Portrait of Carl Anderson

Date: 1941
Description: Head and shoulders ink and crayon portrait of a Carl Anderson, with a caricature of the Carl Anderson cartoon character "Henry" holding a slingshot aimed a...
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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 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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Chicano Mural

Date: 1976
Description: Artists working on a mural at 5th and National in Milwaukee.
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Tejumola F. Ologboni

Date: 06 13 1987
Description: A man is grimacing while working on what appears to be an Egyptian stone sculpture. Caption reads: "Tejumola F. Ologboni attached the beard to a figure on ...
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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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