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| Date: | 02 25 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of teens are shown inside the county jail surrounded by men in suits and ties, as they listen to Undersheriff Franz Haas (right) explain the jail's... |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk of Sid sitting in jail with a cigar in his mouth while reading a Gideon Bible. Sid is looking out of the iron gate of a stone building, ... |
| Date: | 01 1981 |
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| Description: | Political cartoon showing a nude man chained to a jail cell door bearing a sign that reads "Jailing of Children." There are two rats in the foreground, wit... |
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| Description: | View from street towards the county jail (and likely the county courthouse) surrounded by a fence. Caption reads: "County Jail, Hayward, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of the courthouse with a clock tower above the entrance. Saplings are on the lawn. Caption reads: "Court House and Jail, Jefferson, Wis." |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the county jail. Caption reads: "La Crosse County Jail, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Two views of Manitowoc: Exterior views of the "County Jail" at top, and at the bottom the "North Side Fire Station." Caption in the center reads: "Manitowo... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the jail. Caption reads: "Juneau County Jail, Mauston, Wis." |
| Date: | 12 20 1960 |
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| Description: | Deputies decorated a Christmas tree in the Dane County jail chapel and jail matron Anne Frazier played the chapel organ for prisoners meditating in the cha... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Richland Co. Jail, Richland Center, Wis." A large, ornate, brick and stone building surrounded by lawns and sidewalks. There is a tow... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Door Co. Jail and Courthouse. Sturgeon Bay, Wis." The second courthouse built in 1878 of brick in the Italianate style. There is a w... |
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