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Man Hunting at Cherokee Marsh

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Description: Photograph of a watercolor painting of a hunter walking in tall grass among trees by the Johnson duck shack at old Cherokee Marsh.
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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...
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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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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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Ducks Unlimited Chefs

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Description: Two chefs for a Ducks Unlimited dinner standing and posing for a portrait. Men are sitting on a couch on the left under a large painting of ducks. People a...
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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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Female Model and Painted Horse

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Description: A nude female model painted partially with blue paint is standing outdoors holding the bridle of a horse painted with red and white stripes. The reverse si...
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"Tiger Woman"

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of "Tiger Woman." Sitting on a stool before a white wall, the long-haired model states straight at Sid, the photographer.
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Gene Coffman with "Abstract Girl"

Date: 09 1965
Description: Gene Coffman, with a paintbrush in his mouth and holding a package of Disguise Stix©, standing next to "Abstract Girl" in his garage on Sommers Avenue. Th...
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"Abstract Girl"

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Description: Full-length portrait of "Abstract Girl" standing next to an abstract painting titled "Traffic" by artist, Sid Boyum. The painting was used as inspiration f...
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Back of "Abstract Girl"

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Description: Back of "Abstract Girl."
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"Flower Child"

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Description: Studio portrait of "Flower Child."
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"Zombie Girl"

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Description: Studio portrait of "Zombie Girl."
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Model and Painted Horse

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Description: A female model is standing next to a horse painted with polka dots. The reverse side of the horse (unseen) is painted with stripes. Three men, one of them ...
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Coffmans Posing Behind Cutouts

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Description: Carl Coffman and his mother, Evelyn B. Coffman, posing behind caricatures of a coach and a UW football player. Sid Boyum was the artist who painted the cut...
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"Beach Ball Girl"

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Description: Front view of "Beach Ball Girl." The painted model is crouching and holding an orange beach ball with "From Florida" printed on the front.
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Seated "Beach Ball Girl"

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Description: Seated view of "Beach Ball Girl" holding an apple.
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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: View of interior of Sid's bedroom with a number of paintings and other artworks framed and displayed on a wall in the corner of a room. There are clothes h...
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Paintings on Walls

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Description: View of interior of Sid's office with a number of paintings and other artworks framed and displayed on a wall in the corner of a room above a table with la...

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