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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
| Date: | 11 07 1944 |
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| Description: | Booth at the U.S.O. Carnival sponsered by the Milwaukee Road Employees Service Club, featuring games of chance and a model train set-up. |
| Date: | 12 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Daval Baseball Pinball Machine taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept. |
| Date: | 12 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Flicker Pinball Machine taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept. |
| Date: | 12 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Galloping Plugs (horses) Pinball Machine taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept. |
| Date: | 12 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Round-up Pinball Machine taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept. |
| Date: | 12 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Bumper Pinball Machine taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept. |
| Date: | 12 28 1938 |
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| Description: | E-Z Pickin' game of chance. Taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept. |
| Date: | 12 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Pinball machine. Taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept. |
| Date: | 12 28 1938 |
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| Description: | "Daily Races" pinball machine, manufactured by Gottlieb in 1936. The playing surface shows horse racing scenes. The machines was likely seized as a gamblin... |
| Date: | 12 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Bee Jay Pinball Machine, and Anchor Mills Inc. Chicago, Ill., on another game taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept. |
| Date: | 11 28 1936 |
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| Description: | Portrait of John (Jack) Albright, former owner of the Club Monterey and one-time king of Madison gamblers, in jail, charged with keeping a gambling house, ... |
| Date: | 06 10 1935 |
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| Description: | Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson is opening confiscated slot machines to extract money, and Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, is smashing other confisc... |
| Date: | 06 10 1935 |
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| Description: | Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, using a sledge hammer to smash a confiscated slot machine, with Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson looking on. |
| Date: | 06 10 1935 |
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| Description: | Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson and Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, with confiscated whiffle board and roulette wheel. |
| Date: | 09 27 1932 |
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| Description: | Mark Martin's Restaurant, "The Trophy Room" with slot machine and sports score board on the wall, 2nd floor, 107 State Street. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Destroying slot machines and other illegal gambling devices at Law Park. From L to R: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigaret tax division; ... |
| Date: | 03 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Philip G. Fox, 513 Virginia Terrace, professor of business administration at the University of Wisconsin, with a slot machine. Professor Fox is a well-kno... |
| Date: | 07 16 1946 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter Goodland meeting with Ellis H. Dana, Executive Vice-President of the Wisconsin Council of Churches in the Govenor's office. Ellis is congra... |
| Date: | 02 19 1949 |
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| Description: | Madison Police Inspector Philip H. Oakey is shown demolishing three "one-armed bandits." They had been stored in the vault of police headquarters since the... |
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