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State Street Bust

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Description: View across street towards a police officer chasing down a shoplifter walking on State Street. A man is watching from a sidewalk in the background.
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State Street Bust 02

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Description: A police officer apprehending a shoplifter on the sidewalk along State Street.
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Dead Body of Schuyler Gates

Date: 09 1869
Description: Stereograph image of the body of Schuyler Gates near the mouth of Hurlbut Creek. The body is laying between the ruts of a rugged dirt road.
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International's Fearless Fisbee

Date: 1966
Description: Men with Cub Cadet's performing at International Harvester's Fearless Fisbee, subject of a July 1966 "Harvester World" article. IH's "wild animal act" was ...
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Church in Cormicy

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View of exterior of a church in Cormicy which was hit by opposing forces and almost completely destroyed. Caption reads: "Churches, as the most prominent b...
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Church with Damaged Clock

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Exterior view of a damaged church tower, with a clock at the top. Caption reads: "Ruined church at St. Hilaire-le-Grand. Notice the clock."
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Cormicy Dance Hall

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Exterior view of the damage to the dance hall in Cormicy. Caption reads: "The Cormicy dance-hall. Dance halls in France, whether wrecked as this one or not...
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Esmes

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View down road leading to what is left of Esmes. Caption reads: "What is left of Esmes. Notice the shell-packed road and the concrete water trough."
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"Obus Non Eclate"

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: A non-exploded bomb is resting on the ground, over which three timbers have been placed. A sign reading "Obus Non Eclate" is on a post next to the bomb, an...
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Cathedral of Reims

Date: 02 1919
Description: View of the front of the damaged Cathedral and the sculpture of Jeanne d'Arc in the front. Caption reads: "Reims. The front of the cathedral is scarcely da...
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Camouflaged Gun Base

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Group of men standing by a camouflaged gun base. Caption reads: "Famous French "75." Notice the empty shell, the loaded shells leaning against the sand-bag...
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Destroyed Village of Northern France

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Elevated view of a village in France that has been totally destroyed by the war. Caption reads: "The utter ruin and desolation of a typical bombarded villa...
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The Château

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Several men standing near two ambulances which are parked near ruins. Caption reads: "The "Château," probably the most celebrated A.A.F.S poste. The entire...
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Victim of East St. Louis Riots

Date: 07 04 1917
Description: A group of white men are posing along a pile of cinder blocks. In front of the blocks, and partially obscured by shadows, is the body of a black man. Capti...
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Tagging a Buck

Date: 1937
Description: Two conservation wardens are crouching to tag a buck lying in the snow. The buck was killed illegally. Two other wardens are standing and observing. The gr...
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Gangster Museum

Date: 07 1937
Description: A small cottage with a tarpaper roof houses the "Gangster Museum" on the grounds of Little Bohemia. The corner of the main lodge is at far left, and Little...
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Examining Vandalized Tombstones

Date: 05 21 1979
Description: Two women are standing between rows of gravestones in a cemetery. Some of the gravestones have been knocked over. One woman is pointing over her shoulder w...
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Cornerstone Laying of B'nai B'rith Hillel Building

Date: 10 1955
Description: Participants attending in a cornerstone laying ceremony for the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Building located at University of Wisconsin on a rainy day. ...
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Lunch Time Jewelry Store Robbery

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Sidewalk view of manager Gordon Grinde surveying window display jewel trays emptied by thieves. While Grinde, manager of Templin jewelery store, 127 State ...
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Firemen Fighting Fire at Abandoned North Western Railway Ice House

Date: 09 28 1957
Description: Three firemen are spraying water on a fire at the abandoned North Western Railway ice house, located on South Brearly Street along the railroad tracks betw...

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