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Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Out for Air

Date: 1923
Description: Two police officers holding rifles escort two prisoners into a paddywagon. Lining the road is a long, perspective view of an outdoor prison. Red text impri...
Photograph

Barron County Bank Robbers

Date: 03 24 1954
Description: Elizabeth H. Pady leaves a hearing in Federal Court. She was accused of a bank holdup in Barron County.
Photograph

"Sylvia of the Secret Service" Movie Still

Date: 1917
Description: Still from the 1917 Pathé movie "Sylvia of the Secret Service," featuring Irene Castle (playing Sylvia Carroll), captured by the villains.
Photograph

Double-Homicide Suspect

Date: 2012
Description: Press conference podium area in the City Hall for a double-homicide case, with main suspect (later convicted), Jeffrey Lepsch, pictured twice. American and...
Poster

"Räuber und Gendarm" (Cops and Robbers) Film Poster

Date: 1957
Description: German film poster for the Italian film, "Guardie e ladri." Illustrated image of a cop wearing a uniform running while holding a gun. Around the corner is ...
Photograph

Ed Gein Arriving at State Crime Lab

Date: 11 19 1957
Description: Law enforcement officials escorting Ed Gein to the State Crime Lab, 917 University Avenue, for lie detector and other tests.

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