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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: | 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: | 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; ... |
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| Description: | Village Blacksmith at work with horse in Pioneer Village. |
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| Description: | A small girl sits pounding with a hammer as a boy rides a tricycle. |
| Date: | 04 09 1948 |
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| Description: | Building Soap Box Derby racers in the workshop of the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue, are Virgil Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Johnso... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 05 31 1898 |
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| Description: | The stake driving crew for the Sells Bros. & Forepaugh Circus. A group of men drive several stakes into the ground. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Two men are pounding a tent stake into the ground at the State Fair Park. Behind them are excavating machinery, automobiles and permanent structures associ... |
| Date: | 2010 |
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| Description: | Fred O. Petzold (1911-2011) of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in a cardigan sweater and plaid shirt stands next to his workbench. His camouflage hunting clothing is h... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A boy is sitting on the ground and getting ready to hammer nails through two boards. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Three wood workers are showing the "H" which they made out of birch logs. From left to right: Lucy Holt, Minnie May Rumsey and possibly Juliet Rumsey Stroh... |
| Date: | 03 11 1958 |
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| Description: | Beverly Reiner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Reiner (Route 1) helps build a booth for the benefit spring carnival held by the East Side Youth Mayor's Coun... |
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| Description: | Five men in "picnic clothes" are posing on the grass alongside a brick building. They are all wearing neckties or bow ties. The man sitting in the grass on... |
| Date: | 11 03 1960 |
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| Description: | Platform planks depicting areas of service of the 29 United Givers agencies were nailed to a ladder at the second fund report luncheon. At the top of the ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | With their backs facing the camera, Peter DeWitt (l) and Douglas DeWitt (r) are standing side by side, hammering nails into a pier on Archibald Lake. Dougl... |
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