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| 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: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Sheriff John MacKenzie poses in front of the Portage jail with his staff. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Langlade County Court House and jail. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Jail For Ashland County, Ashland, Wis." and "Conover & Porter, Architects." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Ashland County Jail, Ashland, Wis." and "Conover & Porter, Architects." A young boy standing on the steps near the open door of the a... |
| 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: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View of the Lafayette County courthouse, with the jail in the background. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Jail, City Hall, and an amusement park. The Jail was later used as a School and Library. Caption reads: "Jail, City Hall & Amusement Park, Grand Rapids, Wi... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The Dane County Jail. To the right is the sheriff's residence. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The Dane County Courthouse, 207 West Main Street, and Dane County Jail, 219 West Main Street. |
| 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: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the county jail in Sturgeon Bay. Caption reads: "New County Jail, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Columbia County Jail. People are on the sidewalk near the entrance. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the Price County Jail. Caption reads: "Price County Jail Phillips, Wis." |
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| Description: | View also includes two trees and a horse-drawn carriage. Caption reads: "Broadway Armory, Police Station and County Jail, Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 08 18 1948 |
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| 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... |
| 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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