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Dane County Jail Fire

Date: 05 15 1948
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...
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Dane County Jail Fire

Date: 05 15 1948
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...
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Dane County Delegation to the Centennial Exposition

Date: 08 18 1948
Description: The delegation of state, county, city, university, and business officials is shown as the caravan is about to leave from the Dane County Courthouse, 207 We...
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Dombrowski Leaves Jail

Date: 1948
Description: James Dombrowski (center), head of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW), leaving the Birmingham jail with Doris Senk and the Rev. C. Herbert Ol...
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Exterior of Portage Jail

Date: 1900
Description: Group posing on lawn outside of the large brick building with a steep hip roof. Four men are identified (from left to right) as the turnkey, William MacKen...
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Filling Station Robbery

Date: 11 04 1948
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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Ho-Chunk Man and Two Children

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man, two children, and a dog are standing outside a large brick building with bars over the windows. Identified as probably John Mike and the ch...
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Ho-Chunk Group in Front of County Jail

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Description: Ho-Chunk men and women sitting outside on the lawn of a large building with bars. Identified as probably the family of Jim Swallow at the County Jail. Jim ...
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Birmingham Movement Leaders

Date: 04 1962
Description: Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, (in bow tie) and Rev. J.S. Phifer, congratulate each other after their release from jail. The two men had been imprisoned together...
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Entrance to the City Jail

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Description: A view of the Juarez, Mexico city jail. Officers and other men stand in front of the structure, made of adobe. Brick arches trim the windows and doorway. O...
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Courthouse and Jail

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Description: View of the Green Lake County Courthouse and Jail. Two children stand on the steps of the jail, built in 1869. The courthouse, built in 1863, is on the rig...
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Houdini in Chains

Date: 1919
Description: Harry Houdini in a scene from the silent motion picture, "The Grim Game."
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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Four women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. One woman is thumbing her nose at the camera. The arrest w...
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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 07 05 1942
Description: Seven women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution.
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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Five women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution.
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Man Fingerprinted by FBI Agent

Date: 08 05 1942
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 ...
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Shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald

Date: 11 24 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Dallas: This is the complete negative of the dramatic scene captured by Times Herald Staff Photographe...
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Jackson County Jail and Sheriff Residence

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Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a brick building. There are two men posing standing near the corner of the building on the right. The structure is ...
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Attempted Jail Break at Dane County Jail

Date: 12 26 1961
Description: Jailer Max Koons pointing to the hastily-repaired ceiling in the lobby of the Dane County Jail which two inmates tried to claw open during an attempted esc...
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Attempted Jail Break at Dane County Jail

Date: 12 26 1961
Description: Undersheriff Jack Leslie examining the cell lock which Lawrence Nutley managed to thwart in an attempted escape from the Dane County Jail. Nutley and Willi...

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