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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A composite drawing, including photographic portraits, depicting "Doc" Aubrey, newsboy of the Iron Brigade, delivering papers to the camp where other membe... |
| Date: | 09 1895 |
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| Description: | Full page, engraved advertisement for Andrae Cycles. Depicts men and women bicycling on a path in a bucolic setting, in addition to text promoting bicycles... |
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| Description: | Drawing depicting a person sowing seeds in furrowed ground with a cityscape in the background. An arm and hammer appear in the sky superimposed on a sun-li... |
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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 ... |
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| Description: | Pen and ink drawing of the backside of a small, naked boy holding an ice cream cone while wearing Cecil's Sandals with the caption: "Beat the Heat in Cecil... |
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| Description: | Pen and ink drawing of a man with a large nose looking down at his feet. He is wearing sandals. Caption reads: "He Nose Comfort and Health from Head to Toe... |
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| Description: | Mixed media advertisement of a hand-drawn painter's palette with brushes and swatches of paint against a black background, with the text: "Sid Boyum Graphi... |
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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 ... |
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| Description: | Illustration art of an engineer wearing work clothes and introducing a Gisholt Machine Company turret lathe. |
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| Description: | Humorous illustration art of a male tightrope walker wearing tights, slippers and v-necked top struggling for balance. He has one foot on the wire, and the... |
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| Description: | Rendering of a man using handmade lathe. The lathe consists of a tree branch tied with a rope attached to a log suspended between two tree trunks, and a lo... |
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| Description: | Black ink line and wash drawing of a Nativity scene in a circular composition of the Christ Child, Mary and Joseph. There is a star at the upper left. Prin... |
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| Description: | Black ink on yellow card stock birthday card. Illustration of a woman in heels and a long dress, short hair and glasses running down a steep and bumpy hil... |
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| Description: | Drawing of an old man with a long beard and moustache holding a sand hourglass. On the left the caption reads: "Sandal styles are over 2000 years old, but ... |
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| Description: | Portrait drawing on paper with graphite and crayon of Alex Jordan. The black and orange abstract of the architect shows his hair with flute-styled motifs m... |
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| Description: | Layout of pages 8 and 9 for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite and yellow and black pastel... |
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| Description: | Layout of pages 28 and 29 for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite and yellow and black past... |
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| Description: | Illustration art of American World War II soldiers walking single file on a wooden planked bridge with guide rope. The foreshortening perspective shows boo... |
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| Description: | A square decorative border surrounds three cameos of a profile silhouette of a woman wearing a choker of pearls. Each profile is in a heart pasted into the... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Illustration of a crowd watching bicyclists on penny-farthings, who are racing around a track inside a tent. Below illustration is the text "From the Priva... |
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