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Capture of Joshua Glover

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Description: Drawing showing escaped slave Joshua Glover being seized at Racine.
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Smashing Illegal Gambling Devices

Date: 1948
Description: Destroying slot machines and other illegal gambling devices at Law Park. From L to R: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigaret tax division; ...
Print

Re-elect Michael Lombardi

Date: 1954
Description: A handout urging citizens to re-elect Republican candidate Michael Lombardi for Sheriff of Waukesha County. He was re-elected, and served the statutory lim...
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Police Officer on Harley-Davidson Motorcycle

Date: 09 1929
Description: A police officer poses on the street, seated on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. He is dressed in his uniform with police badges on his jacket and hat. A si...
Poster

Wanted Poster

Date: 1920
Description: A paste-up of a wanted poster created to identify Frank Lambert and his aliases and crimes. A series of 14 poses of Lambert dressed in a suit and hat, smok...
Photograph

Isaac Coggs with Police Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Two African American men smiling while holding a poster. The poster includes a drawing of two smiling police officers and the text: "Milwaukee Policemen ar...
Photograph

Gun Inspection

Date: 05 05 1966
Description: A man in a suit is holding and looking at a Thompson submachine gun. Another Thompson and a pump-action shotgun are hanging on the wall. Caption reads: "AN...

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