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| Date: | 11 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Uptown Post #400 Drill Team in formation firing a salute on Armistice Day while passers-by pause to pay their respects. |
| Date: | 05 11 1955 |
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| Description: | Chalk lines in the foreground mark the spot where White Elephant Bar owner was shot. Police and detectives conferred in the background after assembling inv... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison students clash with riot police during campus demonstration to protest Dow Chemical involvement in the Vietnam conflict. He... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| 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; ... |
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| Description: | Advertisement promoting the use of Harley Davidson Motorcycles equipped with Loadometers that are used for checking up on trucks that have weight overloads... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Caption below the illustration reads, "ON A CHICAGO BEACH in 1922 policewomen, patrolling the sands on behalf of morality, confront three offenders." Two p... |
| Date: | 09 1929 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 31 1957 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee police Sergeant Edward Daily explains to Leland Bryan that his Roadable Aircraft, a combination airplane and automobile, may not be driven on Mil... |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a police officer in uniform. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Patrolman Stanley Szczepanski eats lunch while sitting in his police car. |
| Date: | 10 16 1955 |
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| Description: | Burkie West and his grandaughter Catherine West answer a police officer's questions after their automobile was hit by a train. Both incurred minor injuries... |
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| Description: | Waukesha police recruits practice using riot sticks. |
| Date: | 10 11 1967 |
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| Description: | Caption on reverse of wire photo: "She Digs In--An unidentified anti-war protester with designs painted on her face and carrying sign, "Sifting and Winnowi... |
| Date: | 08 27 1987 |
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| Description: | Two police officers posing together outdoors. Caption reads: "Officers Lois Amsler (left) and Linda Reaves offer advice on personal safety." |
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| Description: | A uniformed officer standing and posing with one leg on the running board of an automobile parked near a sign that reads: "Maple Bluff." He is wearing a Tr... |
| Date: | 01 20 1968 |
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| Description: | View of a group of uniformed officers are sitting in rows at desks with their hats set on the desktop in front of them. The closest officer has a Dane Traf... |
| Date: | 08 18 1967 |
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| Description: | Several men, many wearing T-shirts, are gathered on the lawn outside a house, with some men standing on ladders. One man is lying on the roof and painting ... |
| Date: | 02 28 1958 |
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| Description: | A uniformed police officer is handing a teddy bear to a young child, as another child is eating and smiling. Caption reads: "Wauwatosa's police station<... |
| Date: | 06 11 1970 |
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| Description: | A uniformed female officer writing in a book, as a uniformed male officer is smiling and looking on over her shoulder. A parking meter is in the foreground... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| 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... |
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