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Slot Machine Seizure

Date: 01 1924
Description: Gerald J. Boileau, assistant district attorney, and George Lippert, district attorney, and three other men, exhibiting slot machines seized during a raid i...
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Rob Bake

Date: 11 15 1963
Description: Originally titled 'Rob Bake', two women count cash and receipts at Bernauer Bakeries & Delicatessen after an attempted robbery.
Drawing

Karl Armstrong

Date: 03 20 1973
Description: Artist's courtroom depiction of Karlton Armstrong.
Photograph

Buddy's Place

Date: 02 27 1942
Description: Two women pose next to gambling machines at Buddy's Place, in the township of Rib Mountain. The bar operated as a house of prostitution.
Drawing

Karl Armstrong

Date: 03 20 1973
Description: Artist's courtroom depiction of Karlton Armstrong. He is sitting with his arms folded and legs crossed, with the judge visible in the background.
Photograph

Prisoner Wilfred Leigh Mills

Date: 07 08 1940
Description: Prisoner photograph of Wilfred Leigh Mills, inmate number 25714, an English truck driver convicted of larceny.
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Prisoner William Joseph Hogan

Date: 02 11 1946
Description: Prisoner William Joseph Hogan, inmate 28820, a truck driver convicted on two counts of assault with intent to rob.
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Prisoner Virgil Valorous Ishmael

Date: 02 11 1946
Description: Prisoner photograph of Virgil Valorous Ishmael, inmate number 28858, a truck driver convicted of issuing worthless checks.
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Prison Industries

Date: 1961
Description: Punch press equipment at one of the Wisconsin prisons used for the manufacture of license plates and traffic signs. This photograph appeared in a 1961 publ...
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Frank Deischel with Slot Machine

Date: 02 27 1942
Description: Frank Deischel, Wausau, President of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, standing with an illegal slot machine in Deischel's tavern.
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Boys Playing With Guns

Date: 1920
Description: Two young boys sitting in a car wearing hats and sunglasses, play cops and robbers. One of the boys is thought to be Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison. App...
Poster

Karl Armstrong Solidarity Poster

Date: 02 1972
Description: Poster from 1972, voicing support for Karl Armstrong and his involvement in the Sterling Hall bombing on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in 1970...
Poster

Free The Camp McCoy 3 Poster

Date: 12 1972
Description: Poster advocating for the release of the Camp McCoy 3--Tom Chase, Steve Geden, and Daniel Kreps, 3 GI's--for their involvement in the bombing of Camp McCoy...
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Emmett Till Audience

Date: 08 1955
Description: A group of African Americans in the courtroom at the Emmett Till murder trial. The 14-year-old Till, who was visiting Mississippi from Chicago, was murdere...
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Arrested Woman in Car in Iron County

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: View of a woman as she was loaded into the agent's car after a raid at Rae's Blackhawk Bar. She is hiding her face in her coat.
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Woman Being Led Out of a Hurley Area Establishment

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: A woman is led out by a State Agent during a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution. The ...
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Woman Turning Her Back During a Raid

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: A woman turns her back on an agent as they enter the establishment where she worked at the beginning of a raid on many Hurley area bars. The arrest warrant...
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Women Hiding Faces During Raid

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: Three women hide their faces as they walk in front of State Agents after exiting their place of business during a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establi...
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Woman Being Fingerprinted After Raid

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Mrs. Kathleen Napoli, held a "keeper of a house of ill fame," as she was finger printed by an FBI Agent on Wednesday. Her husband, Dominic, is in the Army....
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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 07 05 1942
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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