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"Suspicious Woman" Arrested by Police

Date: 1966
Description: San Francisco police arrest a "suspicious woman" and help her into an International Metro Wagon #689 truck during their Golden Gate beat.
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Murder-Suicide in Room on Henry Street

Date: 09 24 1934
Description: Doorway and bed in a room on 521 North Henry Street where a murder-suicide occurred. Adele Burnton was murdered by Harold Kotvis, who then committed suicid...
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Bryn Griffiths and Empty Safe at Capitol Theatre

Date: 03 04 1934
Description: Bryn Griffiths, Capitol Theatre advertising manager and treasurer, shown at empty safe after burglary.
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International Delivery Truck

Date: 10 29 1933
Description: Front view International delivery truck. "Ecco Food Products" "Marshfield Grocer Co. Inc. Wholesalers Marshfield Wisconsin." Taken next to Dane County Cou...
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DeForest State Bank

Date: 09 12 1933
Description: A group of people are gathering in front of the DeForest State Bank, site of a robbery.
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Sheriff Finn with Sledgehammer

Date: 07 11 1933
Description: Sheriff Finn holding sledgehammer used to break open the safe of Odin Tofsrud, carpenter and truck farmer, who was murdered during the theft of his safe by...
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Interior of Stoughton Bank

Date: 09 17 1931
Description: Interior view from behind teller cages of the Stoughton Bank after robbery.
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Doylestown Bank After Robbery

Date: 09 11 1931
Description: Crowd standing on the street and sidewalk in front of the Doylestown Bank after a robbery.
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Alfred Deering in front of Doylestown Bank

Date: 09 11 1931
Description: Alfred Deering, on the steps in front of the Doylestown Bank, holding his hat. He received a wound to the head during the Doylestown bank robbery. Men are ...
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James McGilligan at Police Station

Date: 05 21 1931
Description: James McGilligan, accused of impersonating a physician, sitting at the police station.
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Carl Frey

Date: 02 04 1931
Description: Portrait of Carl Frey, 28, Stoughton. He confessed to the murder of Albion postmaster Frank Kelling.
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Wilford Rogers and Leslie Straus

Date: 02 05 1931
Description: Wilford Rogers, 20, and Leslie Straus, 21, both of Mendota, Illinois. The two are confessed murderers of Albion postmaster, Frank H. Kelling, standing on t...
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Prisoner and Police Officer

Date: 09 06 1930
Description: Prisoner, Fred Deauchamp, age 29, accused robber of nurse's residence at Wisconsin General Hospital, and police officer standing outdoors.
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Sterling Hall Bombing

Date: 08 24 1970
Description: Exterior view of the east wing of Sterling Hall showing damage in the aftermath of the bombing. Unfortunately, despite an attempt to detonate the bomb w...
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Sterling Hall Bombing

Date: 08 24 1970
Description: A policeman stands in front of Sterling Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus. Early on August 24th, 1970, a van loaded with six barrels of explosi...
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Sterling Hall Bombing

Date: 08 24 1970
Description: Two men in hard hats observe the ruins of Sterling Hall after it was bombed. Unfortunately, despite an attempt to detonate the bomb when the building wa...
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Sterling Hall Bombing

Date: 08 24 1970
Description: A view looking out from the ground floor of Sterling Hall after the building was bombed. Unfortunately, despite an attempt to detonate the bomb when the...
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Madison Turners

Date: 1863
Description: Black & white lithograph by Milwaukee lithographer Louis Kurz depicting the Madison Turners or Turnverein at a shooting party on the Madison lakefront. Th...
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Charles Arndt's Vest

Date: 07 02 1944
Description: Bette Lou Becker and Jeanne Lamoreaux, from the Wisconsin Historical Society, model and admire the vest of Charles C.P. Arndt. Arndt was shot through the c...
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Laurel Tavern Storefront

Date: 08 16 1945
Description: Exterior view of the Laurel Tavern, 2505 Monroe Street. The storefront window contains a display of two Schlitz Beer bottle pyramids, two large bottles of ...

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