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Filter: Creator Name of Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
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| Date: | 12 02 1945 |
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| Description: | Dane County Sheriff John R. Arnold examining the door frame of a cell in the Dane County Jail. Prisoners had attempted to pry open the door in an unsuccess... |
| Date: | 04 23 1948 |
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| Description: | African-American man, Norman M., Ward (aka Paul Nokomis) 18-year-old Chicagoan who was sent to jail to await sentence when he pleaded guilty to larceny and... |
| Date: | 05 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Public officials inspecting the damage and debris from a fatal fire in the Dane County Jail. The fire was started by two inmates, one of whom died in the e... |
| Date: | 05 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Floyd Parker, a federal prisoner, and one of two inmates of the Dane County Jail who started the cell block fire, was rescued by sheriff's officials and ci... |
| Date: | 06 01 1948 |
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| Description: | Dane County Jail woman's bathroom, with bathtub and toilet, showing unfit conditions. |
| Date: | 06 01 1948 |
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| Description: | Dane County Jail showing metal circular stairway, the only exit from the cell blocks of the jail's second and third floors. |
| Date: | 06 01 1948 |
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| Description: | Dane County Jail corridor in men's cell block. |
| Date: | 11 04 1948 |
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| Description: | John Vasas, Milwaukee, arrested after he robbed the Fiore Coal and Oil Company Filling Station, 601 West Washington Avenue. He is standing in the hallway o... |
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