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| Description: | Several men in safety harnesses pose on and around a utility pole. One of them is holding a small child. |
| Date: | 08 1914 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of an 85-year-old Ho-Chunk man, White Rabbit Longtail, posing standing and smiling while pretending to scalp his friend, C.A. L... |
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| Description: | View across curved bar towards Sid and three other men at the Karabis tavern. Sid is laying on top of the bar on his back, with his head resting on a blank... |
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| Description: | View across curved bar towards Sid and three other men at the Karabis tavern. Sid is laying on top of the bar on his back with his eyes closed, his hands f... |
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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 street of two men standing on the sidewalk in front of the Hofstetter tavern. The Gisholt sales representative standing on the left is holding a ... |
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| Description: | Sid sitting on a stool at the Karabis Bar with a cigar in his mouth. He is holding an umbrella in his right hand and a drink in his left hand, being filled... |
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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: | Sid in darkroom with a cigar in his mouth, rolling a miniature, printed cut-out version of himself through a photographic print wringer in a darkroom. Sid ... |
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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... |
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| Description: | Sid sleeping on the floor near a desk in the darkroom at Gisholt with a cigar in his mouth. His legs are crossed and his head is resting on a cardboard box... |
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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: | 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... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | At an Ice Chippers dinner, a man is presenting another man with a toilet seat, which has a cartoon with the message: "Try this on your ice hole." Behind th... |
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| Description: | Sid Boyum trying out his gag gift from Gisholt Machine Company co-workers after a dinner gathering. The gift is a home-made portable "stool" designed with ... |
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