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Police Officer with Pedestrian

Date: 1900
Description: Police officer helping a young woman cross the street.
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International Payroll Truck

Date: 01 20 1927
Description: Men receiving paychecks from armored trucks parked outdoors at an IH plant. Signs on the trucks read: "Department of Finance, City of New York." A police o...
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Police Officers

Date: 11 14 1934
Description: Group portrait of police officers taken in front of the Madison Police Station at 14-16 South Webster Street. They are members of the Police School 1934-19...
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Policeman Directing Traffic

Date: 07 17 1931
Description: View of a policeman standing in the street and directing traffic on State Street. Moving cars are in the background.
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Policeman at Fair Oaks Avenue Accident

Date: 06 30 1931
Description: Policeman and another man (possibly Aldro Wasley) on Fair Oaks Avenue at scene of automobile accident. There is a University Floral Co. truck in background...
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Dane County Motor Police

Date: 05 16 1931
Description: Four Dane County motor police officers shown with four Harley Davidson motorcycles, and two other men, taken in front of Madison Battery and Tire, 250 Stat...
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Milwaukee Street Scene

Date: 1905
Description: A police officer stands in the middle of the street near street railroad tracks in the pavement as pedestrians cross. In the background on the street corne...
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International D-30 Armored Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Armed officer stepping inside an International D-30 armored truck owned by Brinks, Inc.
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Capitol Square

Date: 1933
Description: Two police officers, one on a motorcycle with sidecar on the corner of Mifflin and Carroll Street, on the Capitol Square. A large Santa Claus cutout is lo...
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Windy Street Scene

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Description: A street scene with pedestrians and police officer on a windy day in downtown Milwaukee.
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Meinhardt Raabe as Little Oscar with Wienermobile

Date: 07 01 1955
Description: Meinhardt Raabe, dressed as Little Oscar, receiving the key to the city of Wisconsin Dells, while standing in front of the Wienermobile. Written on the key...
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Tom Hayden

Date: 1964
Description: Tom Hayden, in the center wearing the dark shirt, looking at a police officer talking to four African-American men. Newark ERAP project. From the SDS colle...
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Little Rock Integration Crisis

Date: 09 1957
Description: Mob violence during the integration crisis in Little Rock. Probably taken between September 20th, when Governor Faubus withdrew the National Guard and Sept...
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Sadie Jackson Murder

Date: 07 10 1949
Description: Unidentified police officer inspecting the truck owned by George "Butch" King, suspected killer of Sadie Jackson.
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Traffic Officer Hector Naze with Second Grader Freddy Milverstedt

Date: 09 13 1949
Description: Traffic officer Hector Naze, who directs morning traffic at the corner of Johnson and State Streets, is shown explaining the crossing rules to seven-year o...
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New Police Ambulance

Date: 12 22 1949
Description: Police Chief Bruce Weatherly looks over a new police ambulance.
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Police Officer Directing Traffic

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Description: A portrait of a police officer directing traffic with a pleasant look on his face and one hand in the air. A building on the corner behind the man reads "5...
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Korean Student Uprising

Date: 04 1960
Description: The student uprising, in which 112 students were killed by the South Korean police in one day, led to the downfall of President Syngman Rhee. This event wa...
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Police Station

Date: 1900
Description: A man walks by the Madison police station, a two-story brick building with corner turret on the corner of South Webster Street. The fire station was across...
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Plankinton Meat Packing Strike

Date: 04 20 1948
Description: Striking workers and police outside of Plankinton Meat Packing. Strikers are standing on the cobblestone street and sidewalk holding signs that read "Don'...

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