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| Date: | 09 06 1930 |
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| Description: | Prisoner, Fred Deauchamp, age 29, accused robber of nurse's residence at Wisconsin General Hospital, and police officer standing outdoors. |
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| Description: | A formal portrait of police officers in front of a building. |
| Date: | 05 14 1950 |
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| Description: | President Harry S. Truman getting out of a car outside the Field House, trailer housing in the background. He came for a 5 1/2 hour visit, gave a "peace" a... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Destroying slot machines and other illegal gambling devices at Law Park. From L to R: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigaret tax division; ... |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial was placed on the Wisconsin State Capitol grounds in 1998. The memorial is inscribed with the names of Wisconsin law... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | View of the doors of the back of a police vehicle. An American flag sticker is visible in the window. |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Mothers and infants at a demonstration against the war in Vietnam. |
| Date: | 10 13 1948 |
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| Description: | Shorewood Hills marshalls Lee Cripps and Frank Ashworth measuring skid marks at an accident scene. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the arrest of Herbert "Chub" Fowler in the street in Guttenberg, Iowa. A crowd mills around to watch. |
| Date: | 12 13 1948 |
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| Description: | The street directory for Maple Bluff was delivered by Marshall A.J. Taft around the Christmas season. The contents of the directory reveal the growth of Ma... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Warden Kramer and an assistant hold up confiscated sturgeon caught with illegal snag lines. |
| Date: | 08 1958 |
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| Description: | Photograph taken by a member of striking UPWA (United Packinghouse Workers of America) Local 680 of a strike against the R.L. Zeigler Company. It shows the... |
| Date: | 04 1960 |
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| Description: | In April 1960 a student uprising created a crisis within the South Korean government and the army was called out to keep the peace. Ultimately President Sy... |
| Date: | 08 04 1942 |
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| Description: | Three women hide their faces as they walk in front of State Agents after exiting their place of business during a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establi... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | A road map of Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, showing the populations of cities and villages, state and federal highways, national forests, state... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi (center) and the NAACP participate in a civil rights march. Police are armed and escorting the protestors. The marchers are passing an ... |
| Date: | 09 2001 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right, in the blue shirt) touring the 9/11 Ground Zero site with an unidentified FBI official, Joan Obey, and an unide... |
| Date: | 09 2001 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (center) at the World Trade Center Ground Zero a few days after 9/11. Obey was there as the ranking Democrat on the Hou... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of police officers wearing helmets are walking along the sidewalk. Behind them is an intersection, with a number of pedestrians on the sidewalk and... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of law enforcement officers wearing helmets hold rolled up paper, probably signs confiscated from demonstrators during a Freedom Summer protest out... |
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