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Office Workers of Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Group portrait of Gisholt Machine Company office workers in formal attire. Most of the men are standing and holding drinks in their hands. A few are kneeli...
Painting

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.
Drawing

Fisherman by Power House and Dam

Date: 05 06 1973
Description: Black ink line drawing of a fisherman on the bank of Big Spring Creek near a power house and dam. Puffy clouds fill the sky in the background and thick veg...
Photograph

Sid Fishing on River

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Description: View from shoreline towards Sid Boyum fishing while standing on a pile of rocks near a river. Near Sid on the opposite shoreline is a collapsed building on...
Photograph

Portaging by White River

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Description: Man sitting at the aft of a canoe in a wooded river area. There is an outboard motor leaning against a tree in the center of the image. Handwritten text ca...
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Man Posing with a Gun at Gisholt

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Description: View of a man posing and aiming a gun into the air inside a Gisholt conference room. The man is wearing a hunting jacket and he is standing in front of cha...
Photograph

Waiting for Opening Day Catch

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Description: Composite photograph of one forming the background that shows a man with a pipe in his mouth, fishing at the edge of an inlet of a lake and stream, and of ...
Photograph

Sid Costumed as Hitler

Date: 1939
Description: Portrait of Sid Boyum with his mouth open as if speaking. He is dressed as Adolf Hitler and has a fake moustache.
Photograph

Portrait of Young Sid Boyum

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Sid Boyum.
Photograph

Sid Boyum Directing Video

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Description: Sid Boyum, at right in the director's chair, and a Gisholt executive on the left. They are sitting while working on a Gisholt film.
Photograph

Sid Boyum as Spencer Tracy

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Sid Boyum costumed as Spencer Tracy. He is wearing a hat, neck tie, and jacket.
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Sid Boyum in Ripon

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Description: View across lawn towards Sid Boyum sitting on the steps of the meeting house where the Republican Party held its first meeting in Ripon.
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Sid Boyum at the Office

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Description: Sid Boyum siting in an office at Gisholt with a cigar in his mouth.
Photograph

Sid Boyum with Two Friends

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Description: Group portrait of Sid Boyum (center) standing in between two of his friends. Sid is wearing a tie and pants, but no shirt.
Photograph

Sid with Two Friends

Date: 01 1957
Description: Group portrait of Sid Boyum standing with two men inside a bar. Sid, on the left, has his arm up in the air, and his button-down shirt appears to be torn, ...
Photograph

Sid with Hat and Boots

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Description: Portrait of Sid sitting on a bed with boots on his hands, and a coat and a hat. The fur-lining of his coat surrounds his face.
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Sid in Conference Room at Gisholt

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Description: Portrait of Sid, wearing a suit and sitting in a chair in a Gisholt conference room with his hand on his chin.
Photograph

Photo Booth Images of Sid

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Description: Four photo booth portraits of Sid making faces. In the last, he has a cigar in his mouth. In all four, an unidentified hand is making shapes behind his hea...
Photograph

Sid and Two Friends in a Tavern

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Description: Sid and two friends in tavern. (Possibly related to Ducks, Unlimited.) The man sitting on the left has a neck tie decorated with ducks. Sid's nails are sta...
Photograph

Sid with Three Friends at a Bar

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Description: View from behind a bar of Sid, in center wearing a hat, standing with friends who are sitting at the bar. Sid's nails are stained, probably with pyrogallol...

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