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: | 1900 |
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Description: | Sheriff John MacKenzie poses in front of the Portage jail with his staff. |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Exterior view of the Dane County Courthouse, which was erected in 1850 and demolished in 1883, with the County jail to the right. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Text on front reads: "Jail For Ashland County, Ashland, Wis." and "Conover & Porter, Architects." |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Text on front reads: "Ashland County Jail, Ashland, Wis." and "Conover & Porter, Architects." A young boy standing on the steps near the open door of the a... |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | View of the Lafayette County courthouse, with the jail in the background. |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Jail, City Hall, and an amusement park. The Jail was later used as a School and Library. Caption reads: "Jail, City Hall & Amusement Park, Grand Rapids, Wi... |
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: | 1901 |
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Description: | The Dane County Jail. To the right is the sheriff's residence. |
Date: | 1925 |
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Description: | A roughly built jail, constructed before 1836. Vineyard would have been held here a short time before he was released on bail. |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Reportedly the first jail to be built in Wisconsin, this jail was built somewhere between 1830 and 1835 from hewn logs. Iowa County was organized within th... |
Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | James Dombrowski (center), head of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW), leaving the Birmingham jail with Doris Senk and the Rev. C. Herbert Ol... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Group posing on lawn outside of the large brick building with a steep hip roof. Four men are identified (from left to right) as the turnkey, William MacKen... |
Date: | 04 1962 |
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Description: | Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, (in bow tie) and Rev. J.S. Phifer, congratulate each other after their release from jail. The two men had been imprisoned together... |
Date: | 1919 |
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Description: | Harry Houdini in a scene from the silent motion picture, "The Grim Game." |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | The Dane County sheriff's residence, with the county jail behind. A corner of the Dane County Court House is seen on the far left. |
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: | 07 05 1942 |
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Description: | Seven women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution. |
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