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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 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: | 04 10 1942 |
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| Description: | Friday night, April 10th, 1942, at Clarence Sidesky's tavern, Route 3, Kenosha. |
| Date: | 04 10 1942 |
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| Description: | Friday night at the Star Bar and Grill Room, at the intersection of Highways 41 and 43 in Kenosha County. |
| Date: | 04 1942 |
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| 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. |
| 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: | 09 04 1943 |
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| Description: | Governor Goodland conferring with District Attorney John Grindell and Sheriff Aloys Klaas about gambling in Grant County. |
| 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: | 08 04 1942 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 08 04 1942 |
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| Description: | A state agent arrests three women and one man, a bartender, in Jeanne's Chateau. A sweeping raid was staged on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest ... |
| Date: | 04 10 1942 |
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| Description: | Man playing an illegal 25 cent slot machine in the Valley Tavern, on Highway 42, two miles north of Kenosha. |
| Date: | 04 09 1942 |
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| Description: | Two illegal gambling machines in the Paris Gardens, 6 miles west of Kenosha, on Highway 43. Three man area sitting at the bar. |
| Date: | 08 04 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of men involved in a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The face of the arresting officer has been blacked out. The arrest warrants ... |
| Date: | 08 05 1942 |
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| Description: | John M. Califano, operator of the Blackhawk Bar, as he was fingerprinted on Wednesday by FBI agent (face blacked out) at the Iron County jail, following a ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1942 |
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| Description: | State Agent (left, with face blacked out to prevent future identification) as he seized the operator of the roulette table at the Ritz Bar after a sweeping... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of six men holding up a signboard saying "Happy Birthday Doc" in the middle of a card table. The group is sitting and playing cards in what ... |
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