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| Description: | Photographic cutout of a man driving an automobile pasted over another image of parked cars. The automobile appears to be flying over the row of cars. The ... |
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| Description: | A man is standing on the top of a racing car and posing as if the car is in motion. The man is wearing a white jumpsuit with patches on the chest, eyeglass... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a man gazing at the Statue of Liberty installation on a frozen and snow-covered Lake Mendota. The sculpture was constructed by the Pail and Sho... |
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| Description: | John "Commodore" Heggestad driving a car across Lake Monona on a pontoon. An article called "The 'Monona-Mobile'" was published in the Gisholt Machine Comp... |
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| Description: | View from road of Sid sitting in the snow next to the base of a power pole while warming his hands by a small heater, which appears to be plugged into the ... |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk of Sid sitting in jail with a cigar in his mouth while reading a Gideon Bible. Sid is looking out of the iron gate of a stone building, ... |
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| Description: | View towards a shoreline where a man is facing away while urinating on a tree along a riverbank. Buildings are on the opposite side of the river and canoes... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | View of the sunken Statue of Liberty created by legendary University of Wisconsin student Leon Varjian. |
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| Description: | A man, wearing a fur coat, galoshes, a hat, and goggles is pretending to ride a bicycle that is covered by icicles. The bicycle is parked outdoors along th... |
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| Description: | A fisherman is posing on a picnic bench with his fishing rod in his hand and wearing fishing boots. |
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| Description: | Curt Martin sitting in a clawfoot bathtub outdoors and holding oars as if the he was rowing. Behind the man are plants and a broken snow fence. |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of Sid standing in the snow looking at an outhouse. He is holding a chamber pot at the end of the rainbow. A half moon symbol has been drawn o... |
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| Description: | Sid dressed in a suit and tie standing outdoors holding a sheet of paper that reads: "Fire Sale Soon" in front of an unknown building which during a fire. ... |
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| Description: | View of the livery stable, with a row of five buggies parked on the roof after Halloween. Seven boys are standing among the buggies on the roof, and anothe... |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Jack is roped into his bedroll while asleep by prankster Doc Copeland. |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Doc Copeland helps Jack wash off the toothpaste by dipping Jack's face in the Chippewa River. |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Another view of Doc Copeland dipping Jack's face in the Chippewa River to wash off the toothpaste. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | View uphill towards a woman sitting among a flock of pink flamingo lawn ornaments covering Bascom Hill. She is pretending to feed bread to two pink flaming... |
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| Description: | A whiffle-buck, a fictional creature made by combining antlers, fangs, and a head. It is posed as if it were peeking out from behind a felled tree. Caption... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | As a stunt, a man is dressed up as a big baby and sitting in a wash tub. He is looking at the camera while wearing a bonnet, and holding a glass bottle wit... |
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