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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Mounted on a ladder, a man is poised to empty a bucket onto the open umbrella of a man sitting on a sidewalk bench. |
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| Description: | While waiting for the dentist, William Powell and Robert Bloch pre-enact the struggle. Both Bloch and Gauer had many medical emergencies in their lives due... |
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| Description: | Party picture. They are making fun of their pal 'Lucky" Demo's band. |
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| Description: | Humorous photograph of Koplin, Bloch, and Gauer dressed as college boys wearing letter sweaters that spell out SOL, for shit-outta-luck. Gauer states they ... |
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| Description: | Gauer and Bloch reacting to Ruess's campaign defeat. Gauer worked full time on the campaign, but Bloch was an occasional help. According to Gauer, Ruess wa... |
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| Description: | Angie Vail and Alice Bedard pose in an attempt to break up a staged fight between Robert Vail and Sprague Vonier, while Harold Gauer lies on the ground und... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | Portrait of a man sitting indoors in a chair with his eyes closed. A bottle is resting on his shoulder, and a sign has been placed on his lap that reads: "... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men and two women in a dramatic pose. The woman in the center has her head in a noose and is sticking... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of Western Canoe Association members lounging in front of their tent camp. They are all wearing caps or hats. Near the center of the... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Seven members of the canoe association are posed around an eighth member, who is lying face down on a padded cot, covered with ferns. Ferns have been strat... |
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| Description: | Sid, with a cigar in his mouth, a metal lampshade on his head, and wearing a backpack, is laying across two desks in an office with a broom in his arms as ... |
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| Description: | Sid, wearing a hat, coat, and scarf, and with a cigar in his mouth, is sitting on a bar stool at the Karabis tavern, toasting with the owner standing behin... |
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| Description: | View from lawn towards Sid standing on skis in a driveway, lifting up one of the ski poles. Sid is wearing a coat, hat, and shoes, and has a cigar in his m... |
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| Description: | A coiffed blonde woman wearing shorts and a jersey is sitting in a chair with her left bare foot on the back of owner Cecil Burke, who is standing with her... |
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| Description: | Sid simulating falling in the darkroom with a rather awkward posture. He is sitting on a stool with his legs up in the air, and is pretending to hold somet... |
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| Description: | View down bar towards two men pretending to cut the bar in half with a large saw. One of the men stands behind the bar on the left, and the other man stand... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Sid caught underneath a table during a bridal dinner. Sid is looking out from under a tablecloth draped over his neck after trays of dishes crashed to the ... |
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| Description: | An unknown man with his eyes closed is crawling on a cloth on the floor of a room. He is holding a stick in his right hand, and his left foot is caught on ... |
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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... |
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