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| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Constructing the Madeline Island Historical Museum in La Pointe which consists of four separate buildings. L-to-r: jail; American Fur Trade storage buildin... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of La Crosse with nine insets of residences, schools, and the Court House and Jail. |
| Date: | 07 07 1933 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Martha Finn, jail matron and wife of Sheriff Fred T. Finn, sitting at a table, reading a newspaper. Her duties consist of cooking for all the j... |
| Date: | 10 12 1931 |
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| Description: | Gladys Heacock, escapee from Indiana State School for Girls, who pleaded guilty to stealing a State car, and another woman sitting in the Dane County jail. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Dog kennels and houses border the Sauk County Jail in Baraboo. Taken from the Northeast corner of the intersection of Broadway and 2nd Avenue in Baraboo. T... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The Dane County Jail. To the right is the sheriff's residence. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A roughly built jail, constructed before 1836. Vineyard would have been held here a short time before he was released on bail. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Reportedly the first jail to be built in Wisconsin, this jail was built somewhere between 1830 and 1835 from hewn logs. Iowa County was organized within th... |
| Date: | 10 1910 |
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| Description: | Copy photograph of a man posing sitting in jail, probably John Deitz in Hayward. He appears to have a cast or bandage on his left hand. A young girl is sta... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Columbia County Jail. People are on the sidewalk near the entrance. |
| Date: | 06 01 1948 |
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| Description: | Interior view of women's cell in Dane County jail, showing unfit conditions. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| 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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| 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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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the north branch extension canal on the Susquehanna river, surrounded by smaller renderings of structures of interest around the town in... |
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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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| Description: | View across lawn toward the facade and side of the Marathon County Jail. A porch wraps around one corner of the first floor, below a round turret that exte... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The Dane County sheriff's residence, with the county jail behind. A corner of the Dane County Court House is seen on the far left. |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking out across town buildings to a plain beyond. The Hill County Jail can be seen to the right of the main street; it was constructed in ... |
| Date: | 12 30 1912 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcardview from across a street of the exterior of the new two-story brick jail. Caption reads: "New Jail, Alma, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of Athens City Hall, built in 1903-1904, featuring a central dome and clock tower. A water tower can be seen beyond the city jail to the left. |
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