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Sid Wins World Champion Liar

Date: 1976
Description: Waist-up portrait of Sid Boyum in his backyard proudly holding a medal he won for an entry to the Burlington Liars Club in 1976. The entry read: "During a ...
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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
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Sid Holding Fishing Pole in his Backyard

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Description: Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe...
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Man Posing as a Fisherman in Sid's Backyard

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Description: A man posing with a fishing pole in his hand is bending over while leaning against a board in Sid's snowy backyard. He is wearing hip waders, a hat, and a ...
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Oversized Music Box at House on the Rock

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Description: Large glass fronted case filled with instruments. A young girl is sitting on the front of the case which is in the main house. One of several photographs u...
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Hupfeld Violin Machine at House on the Rock

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Description: The Hupfeld Violin Machine is set into the wall. This image was used in the original House on the Rock brochure.
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Pontalba Hearse at House on the Rock

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Description: The Pontalba Hearse, made of carved wood displayed behind a fence. This image was used in the original brochure for the House on the Rock.
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Music of Yesterday at House on the Rock

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Description: The Music of Yesterday exhibit at House on the Rock was used in a brochure. The exhibit is "Presenting the magnificent machines of a magnificent era, 1765 ...
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Holtzkopf Wood Carver Studio at House on the Rock

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Description: Exterior view of the Günter Holtzkopf Wood Carving Studio. A large ship's figurehead of a woman extends out from the balcony above the entrance. This image...
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Wirth Lamp Shop at House on the Rock

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Description: Exterior view looking through the shop windows of the Fredie P. Wirth Lamp Shop. This image was used in the original brochure for the House on the Rock.
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Art and Music Room

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Description: The Art and Music Room was featured in the House on the Rock original brochure.
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Man Posing on Devil Statue in Wisconsin Dells

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Description: A man is posing in a running profile on top of one of two stone gargoyles that flanks an historical marker for the Dawn Manor in the Wisconsin Dells. Dedic...
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Capitol Dome

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Description: Dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Cecil's Boot Ranch

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Description: Portrait of Jerry Smotherman, an employee of Cecil's Sandals and Boot Ranch, sitting on a western saddle placed over the back of the Southeast Asian-styled...
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Sculptures in Sid's Backyard

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Description: View across Sid's backyard with a shed structure in the background. In the yard are plants, trees, and sculptures which are surrounding a large, white, lan...
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Sid's Backyard with Sculptures and Factory Building

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Description: View looking into Sid's backyard with his concrete sculptures set among the trees and plants bordering the lawn. A large dog-lion sculpture is in the foreg...
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Goose Sculpture in Sid's Backyard

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Description: Prone flat sculpture of a goose in flight set in a bed of white gravel in the lawn of Sid's backyard. It is a gray slab cut to look like a flying bird. The...
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Sid and James Fraser Statue

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Description: Sid posing with a cigar in his mouth while holding an umbrella above his head. He is standing next to the James Fraser bronze statue of a horse with an exh...
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Sid with Toonerville in Winter

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Description: Sid standing in his snowy backyard looking at his wooden trolley, Toonerville, which has been covered with plastic for the winter. Some of Sid's sculptures...

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