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Smashing Slot Machines

Date: 06 10 1935
Description: Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson is opening confiscated slot machines to extract money, and Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, is smashing other confisc...
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Smashing Slot Machines

Date: 06 10 1935
Description: Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, using a sledge hammer to smash a confiscated slot machine, with Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson looking on.
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Whiffle Board & Roulette Wheel

Date: 06 10 1935
Description: Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson and Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, with confiscated whiffle board and roulette wheel.
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Dane County Traffic Police

Date: 05 26 1934
Description: Dane County traffic officers standing next to new Ford V8 automobiles and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
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Dane County Traffic Police & Cycles

Date: 05 26 1934
Description: Dane County traffic police officers on their new Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
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Lie Detector Test

Date: 12 04 1931
Description: Technicians administer a lie detector test at District Attorney Fred Risser's office to be used in the James Corcoran poisoning case.
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Alleged Burglar

Date: 12 30 1930
Description: Myron Stephanson, accused burglar, holding his head in his hands while sitting under a notice titled: "Wanted for Bank Robbery" at the police station.
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Prisoner and Police Officer

Date: 09 06 1930
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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International Model S Truck

Date: 1924
Description: A view inside the back of an armored International Model S paddy wagon.
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Dr. Williams at the Wharton Trial

Date: 12 23 1871
Description: Illustration of Dr. Williams being sworn in as an expert medical witness at the Wharton trial.
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Uniformed Men

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Description: A formal portrait of police officers in front of a building.
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Women Booked For Prostitution

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Women are booked for prostitution by state agents at the Iron County jail after vice raids at Hurley-area taverns on a Tuesday night.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Vigil

Date: 1968
Description: Members of the National Welfare Rights Organization, some dressed in choir robes, hold candles and a cross as they are confronted by police. This is at the...
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Cheyenne Police

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Description: The Cheyenne Police, with Tall Bull as their Captain, seen on the right side of the image.
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Harry Truman on Train

Date: 05 14 1950
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...
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Pres. Truman outside the Field House

Date: 05 14 1950
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...
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John F. Kennedy at West Palm Beach

Date: 04 1963
Description: John F. Kennedy and another man by a white car at West Palm Beach. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, "on Lake Worth while visiting Fred and ...
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President Herbert Hoover and Governor Kohler

Date: 11 05 1932
Description: Herbert Hoover stands with Governor Kohler on the back of a train during a campaign visit. The man in the hat holding the rail of the train car is U.S. Sec...
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Jimmy Demetral Demonstrating Ju-Jitsu Hold

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Jimmy Demetral, Madison wrestler, teaching Officer Robert O'Brien to do an "airplane spin" toss on Officer Keith Ackley. Fifty-five Madison Police Departme...
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Edward Marr, Robbery Victim

Date: 10 03 1944
Description: Edward Marr, bank messenger for Montgomery Ward and Co., and victim of Madison's second daylight holdup in a month, is searching through the bandit picture...

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