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Smashing Illegal Slot Machines

Date: 1948
Description: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines.
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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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Milwaukee Road Booth at U.S.O. Carnival

Date: 11 07 1944
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.
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John (Jack) Albright

Date: 11 28 1936
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, ...
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Smashing Slot Machines

Date: 06 10 1935
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...
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Smashing Slot Machines

Date: 06 10 1935
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.
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Whiffle Board & Roulette Wheel

Date: 06 10 1935
Description: Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson and Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, with confiscated whiffle board and roulette wheel.
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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.
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Clarence Sidesky's Tavern

Date: 04 10 1942
Description: Friday night, April 10th, 1942, at Clarence Sidesky's tavern, Route 3, Kenosha.
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Star Bar and Grill Room

Date: 04 10 1942
Description: Friday night at the Star Bar and Grill Room, at the intersection of Highways 41 and 43 in Kenosha County.
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Nesbitt's Highway Tavern

Date: 04 1942
Description: A man and woman posed at the bar in Nesbitt's Highway Tavern, on Highway 42, North of Kenosha. Gambling machines can be seen on the left.
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Smashing Illegal Gambling Devices

Date: 1948
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; ...
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Walter Goodland with John Grindell and Aloys Klaas

Date: 09 04 1943
Description: Governor Goodland conferring with District Attorney John Grindell and Sheriff Aloys Klaas about gambling in Grant County.
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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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Professor Philip G. Fox and Slot Machine

Date: 03 03 1945
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...
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Destruction of Illegal Slot Machines

Date: 02 19 1949
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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Children on Tricycles

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A group of children pose on tricycles at a Civilian Defense Rally. Booths and crowds are visible in the background, including a game booth where you can "D...
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Sheriff Destoying Slot Machines

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Description: Sheriff Fred Simon and unidentified man in the process of destroying slot machines.
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Indian Gambling Game

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Description: A group of Native Americans sitting in a circle outside of two structures while playing a gambling game. Caption reads: "Indian Gambling Game."
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The Oakbirch Inn and Casino

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Description: A view of the inn, casino, and other structures at The Oakbirch Inn and Casino taken from a tree-lined road. A man sits in the passenger side of a car park...

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