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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: | 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: "... |
| 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... |
| 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: | 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... |
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| Description: | Indoor portrait of a man sitting in a chair at a desk at Gisholt with his head covered by a big bowl, shaped like half an egg shell. Windows in the backgro... |
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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: | 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 ... |
| 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... |
| 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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| 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: | Self-portrait of Sid Boyum using a slave unit for a flash. He is wearing a shirt and necktie sitting on a toilet with his pants down around his ankles. He ... |
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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: | 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: | 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 ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of mischievous schoolboys in a classroom. One boy is reacting to something sharp on his desk chair and two boys are enjoying the results of the... |
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