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| Date: | 05 26 1934 |
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| Description: | Dane County traffic officers standing next to new Ford V8 automobiles and Harley-Davidson motorcycles. |
| Date: | 05 26 1934 |
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| Description: | Dane County traffic police officers on their new Harley-Davidson motorcycles. |
| Date: | 05 14 1950 |
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| Description: | President Harry S. Truman greets a crowd from the back platform of a NorthWestern train at the Commercial Ave. crossing. Others with him from the left are... |
| 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: | 10 13 1948 |
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| Description: | Shorewood Hills marshalls Lee Cripps and Frank Ashworth measuring skid marks at an accident scene. |
| Date: | 06 07 1951 |
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| Description: | Dane County traffic officer John J. DeSmidt posing in front of a police car. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | State patrol officers line up beside their patrol cars at Old District 1 State Patrol Field Headquarters on Highway 12. They appear to be receiving instruc... |
| Date: | 04 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Sergeant Norman Ehle and Lt. Herman Thomas are crouching beneath a motor boat resting on a wood beam cradle at a boatyard. "The new 220-horsepower cruiser ... |
| Date: | 06 28 1954 |
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| Description: | James Quinn, witness of the events leading to the murder and suicide of Doris Russ and Guy Russ, talks to either police investigator John Henry or newspape... |
| Date: | 04 08 1960 |
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| Description: | A stray dog is sitting on a sidewalk while leashed to the back of a three-wheeled motorcycle. The illegal beagle was apprehended by Patrolman Allison Alfor... |
| Date: | 07 27 1961 |
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| Description: | A 11-man "floating" truck inspection crew checks trucks for equipment and weight violations. Too much weight was suspected on this semi-trailer but a final... |
| Date: | 07 27 1961 |
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| Description: | A 11-man crew and their "floating" truck inspection station check trucks for equipment and weight violations. An inspector spotted several equipment defect... |
| Date: | 07 27 1961 |
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| Description: | A 11-man crew and their "floating" inspection station check trucks for equipment and weight violations. This inspector checks a truck for proper lights. |
| Date: | 07 17 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison recruit policeman Franklin Oswald (left) learns how to operate on the beat by walking with veteran patrolman Eugene Buchanan (right) on Post 33, th... |
| Date: | 08 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison Police Patrolman Joseph Jones (1148 Jenifer Street) directs traffic at the intersection of West Dayton Street and Randall Avenue. He has a whistle ... |
| Date: | 08 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Backside of Madison Police Patrolman Joseph Jones (1148 Jenifer Street), who is directing traffic at the busy West Dayton Street and Randall Avenue interse... |
| Date: | 08 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison Police Patrolman Joseph Jones (1148 Jenifer Street) is standing in the intersection of busy West Dayton Street and Randall Avenue as he directs onc... |
| Date: | 08 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison Police Patrolman Joseph Jones (1148 Jenifer Street) is at the busy West Dayton Street and Randall Avenue intersection, using a whistle and his arms... |
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