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When the President Comes to Town

Date: 1979
Description: Congressman David Obey introduces a local resident (back to camera), to President Jimmy Carter. Many photographers stand around the edge of the group and a...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald

Date: 11 24 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Dallas: This is the complete negative of the dramatic scene captured by Times Herald Staff Photographe...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Murder Weapon

Date: 11 23 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "A Dallas Policeman holds the murder weapon used to assassinate President John F. Kennedy high over his...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Heavy Guard

Date: 11 23 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "A heavy guard stands in front of door guarding Lee Harvey Oswald, who has been charged in the assassin...
Photograph

First Radar Police Cars in State

Date: 1940
Description: Two men are standing near a car, with the man on the right wearing a police uniform. A wired device is sitting on the hood of the car and both men are look...
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Mr. Oakie

Date: 1952
Description: A man sits at a desk, with one hand on a book and the other adjusting a radio. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1950-4. Mr. Oakie, local police official."

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