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Sid with Group
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Slightly elevated view of three well-dressed men standing together in the foreground, with the man on the left holding a camera over his shoulder. Behind the three men, Sid is standing with a cigar in his mouth talking to a woman and making gestures with his hands up in the air. On the wall behind Sid is a photograph or print of two men on horseback playing polo. On the left on a table is an unidentified machine.
Boyum, Sid, 1914-1991
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WHi 123307
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