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| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Constructing the Madeline Island Historical Museum in La Pointe which consists of four separate buildings. L-to-r: jail; American Fur Trade storage buildin... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A police officer stands in the middle of the street near street railroad tracks in the pavement as pedestrians cross. In the background on the street corne... |
| Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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| Description: | A photograph of a painting depicting the bomb exploding at police as they approach the wagon to tell the crowd to disperse from Haymarket Square. Shrapnel ... |
| Date: | 05 03 1886 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting depicting police in a horse-drawn wagon firing into a crowd of striking workers near the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company fact... |
| Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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| Description: | A photograph of a painting depicting the wounded being treated at Desplaines Street police station after the Haymarket Square riot. The riot started as a r... |
| Date: | 06 21 1886 |
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| Description: | A photograph of a painting depicting the surrender of Albert Parsons to Cook County Illinois authories. Parsons had been arrested in connection with a conf... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Langlade County Court House and jail. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Dog kennels and houses border the Sauk County Jail in Baraboo. Taken from the Northeast corner of the intersection of Broadway and 2nd Avenue in Baraboo. T... |
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| Description: | A formal portrait of police officers in front of a building. |
| Date: | 08 05 1942 |
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| Description: | Women are booked for prostitution by state agents at the Iron County jail after vice raids at Hurley-area taverns on a Tuesday night. |
| Date: | 05 18 1942 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large group of people gathered with tractors and trucks for a scrap parade in a downtown area. In the background automobiles are parked ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View from cobblestone street of a man standing next to a police officer at the corner of Third and Oak Streets, in front of the Corner Drugstore. A horse-d... |
| Date: | 08 05 1942 |
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| Description: | Four women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. One woman is thumbing her nose at the camera. The arrest w... |
| Date: | 08 04 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of men involved in a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The face of the arresting officer has been blacked out. The arrest warrants ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1942 |
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| Description: | State Agent (left, with face blacked out to prevent future identification) as he seized the operator of the roulette table at the Ritz Bar after a sweeping... |
| Date: | 08 04 1942 |
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| Description: | John W. Roach, Chief of the State Beverage Tax Division, (left) and Sheriff Sam Giovanoni, on right, snapped after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area esta... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Surrounded by a crowd of extras in evening clothes, a police officer (played by Arthur Bauer) holds out a wanted poster reading "Reward $50,000 Charles Bur... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | In a scene still set in a police station for the 1915 Thanhouser silent drama "Bianca Forgets" are Bianca Wells (played by Florence La Badie wearing a whit... |
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| Description: | Sarah Harder speaking at Midway College for a daylong event titled "Report from Nairobi." Ms. Harder was an advocate for equal rights. |
| Date: | 01 03 1979 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips, wearing a grey outfit is standing at a podium holding up her right hand near Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Bruce Beilfuss standing on... |
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