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Ed Gein at State Crime Lab

Date: 11 19 1957
Description: Ed Gein (1906-1984) signing paperwork at the state crime lab where he was brought for lie detector and other tests or at the city jail where he was held ov...
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Ed Gein at State Crime Lab

Date: 11 17 1957
Description: Ed Gein (1906-1984) and a police officer wait at the counter at the State Crime Lab where he was brought for lie detector and other tests or at the city ja...
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Rounders Club Christmas Party

Date: 12 17 1953
Description: Three members of the Rounders Club meeting at the annual Christmas party held in the Heidelberg Hofbrau. In the dining room sitting at a table, Lew Burdett...
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Madison Police Department Civilian Staff

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Civilian employees in the Madison police department records center. Staff are sitting at their desks in an open office space with different filing cabinets...
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City of Madison & U.W. Police Graduates

Date: 08 1955
Description: Sixteen new Madison policemen and three U.W. officers receiving their diplomas at a graduation ceremony held at the City of Madison Police Academy School. ...
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Honorary Membership for Actor

Date: 10 1955
Description: Officer Harold Kurth (right) presented an honorary membership in the Madison policeman's Protective Association to Ben Alexander (left) who plays Detective...
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Shoe Shine Boys Win Appeal

Date: 06 28 1957
Description: City Clerk A. W. Bareis gets the first shine from Tom Sorensen after the boy and his partner, Dick McMahon (right), are told they can continue their street...
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Stop Light Violator Charged with Death of Police Sergeant

Date: 07 16 1957
Description: Inquest held in the death of Police Sergeant Ralph Nedderman caused by a traffic light violation by driver Alphonse Reiter (23). Shown in the court room ar...
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City-County Canteen

Date: 08 21 1957
Description: Employees of the new City-County Building enjoying refreshments in the canteen. Center, Dane County Sgt. A.M. Amble is talking with Patrolman, George Hughe...
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Parked Patrol Cars Effective

Date: 09 08 1957
Description: A motorist-eye view through the windshield towards a State Highway Patrol car parked beside a Wisconsin highway. The photographer, sitting in the backseat ...
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Ralph O'Dell Murder Case — Detective Beckman

Date: 11 1957
Description: Portrait of Madison Detective Elroy Beckman, who was questioned during the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell, accused of shooting Joseph Knock during a burglary...
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Police Handling Crime Tools

Date: 02 01 1958
Description: Two police detectives or officers, one handling hacksaw blades and the other inspecting rope, investigating a possible burglary using these items. They are...
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Interrogating a Possible Burglary Suspect

Date: 02 01 1958
Description: Policeman (out of frame) interviewing a possible burglary suspect.
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Warren Flisram the Honest Teen

Date: 02 28 1958
Description: Warren Flisram (16, rural Brooklyn) is receiving $100 for his honesty in finding and helping recover $13,500 in cash along a railroad right-of-way on Janua...
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Mike Falconer, Milwaukee Braves Fan

Date: 09 18 1958
Description: Mike Falconer (17), 626 Eugenia Avenue, an avid Milwaukee Braves fan, receives an autographed baseball from the team. Mike, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Falco...
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Madison Police Department's Top Echelon

Date: 10 03 1958
Description: Madison's police chief and his reorganized top echelon. Left to right are: Inspector John H. Harrington, Inspector Richard F. Gruber, Chief Bruce Weatherly...
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Policeman Duane Haralson Prepares for Annual Madison Police Department Auction

Date: 10 22 1958
Description: Madison policeman Duane Haralson prepares items for the annual police department auction to be held in the basement of the City-County Building.
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Madison Police Department Staff Practice Mouth-To-Mouth Artifical Respiration

Date: 10 22 1958
Description: The Madison Police Department uses a training film to teach mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration. Shown during a practice session are (L-R) trainer Sgt. F...
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We Saw You . . . at Bankers Open House

Date: 11 21 1958
Description: The Wisconsin Bankers Association holds an open house at their new offices in the Wisconsin Power and Light Company building, 122 W. Washington Avenue. Sho...
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Madison Police Chief

Date: 11 29 1958
Description: Portrait of Madison police chief Bruce Weatherly.

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