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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Automobiles and police officer on West Mifflin Street. Celebration of V-J Day August 15, 1945, the day on which the Allies announced the surrender of Japan...
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Alfred W. Bareis and Bruce Weatherly

Date: 12 28 1948
Description: City Clerk Alfred W. Bareis swears in police chief Bruce Weatherly. Alfred W. Bareis was mayor from 1955-1956.
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Jimmy Demetral Demonstrating Judo Hold

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Jimmy Demetral, Madison wrestler, throwing Officer Keith Ackley as part of a five-week course in ju-jitsu for 55 officers of the Madison Police Department.
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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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M. Pearl Guynes

Date: 10 03 1944
Description: Miss M. Pearl Guynes, member of the Business and Professional Women's Club and recently appointed sergeant of the Madison Police Department, sitting at her...
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Officer Frank Ingraham with School Children

Date: 04 12 1945
Description: Officer Frank B. Ingraham, at his beat on the corners of State, Henry, and Johnson Streets, with young school children from Holy Redeemer School. Ingraham ...
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Police Sgt. Richard H. Rossmaessler with Quarry Blast Artifacts

Date: 04 09 1945
Description: Police Sgt. Richard H. Rossmaessler is shown with various explosive devices that injured three boys in a quarry blast explosion.
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Police Captain, J. Homer Elder

Date: 05 22 1945
Description: Police Captain, J. Homer Elder, new Chief of Traffic, talking with a citizen at the Traffic Bureau window.
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Police First Aid Training

Date: 11 16 1945
Description: Dane County Traffic Police receiving first aid training. Officer E.W. Kelzenberg on the left, Lieut. A.C. Pope in the middle, and Officer Ralph Conklin on...
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Police First Aid Training

Date: 11 16 1945
Description: Dane County traffic police receiving first aid training. Officer Rodney Burgenske is performing artificial respiration on Lieut. A.C. Pope while Capt. O.F....
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Police First Aid Training

Date: 11 16 1945
Description: Dane County traffic police receiving first aid training. They are demonstrating the correct way for carrying a victim. From left are Lieut. A.C. Pope, an...
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Madison Drug Company Robbery

Date: 01 28 1947
Description: Drug salesman Harold Legler, Police Officer Howard Nelson, and clerk Al Hubin (left to right), are shown standing in the storeroom doorway at the Madison D...
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Courteous Driver Campaign

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Observing a poster stating: "Rain, Sleet, Snow, slow!," are Police Officer Walter Randall, with Edwin B. Petersen, winner of the "Wisconsin State Journal's...
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Courteous Driver of the Week Kenneth Sidwell

Date: 02 12 1947
Description: Kenneth H. Sidwell , 17 North First Street, shown talking through the window of his car to Madison police officer Harold Nelson on his motorcycle. Mr. Sid...
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Pigs Loose in Nakoma

Date: 02 25 1947
Description: Four men wrestling with escaped pigs in the backyard of a home in the Nakoma neighborhood. A truck loaded with about 80 hogs overturned in the 3600 block o...
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Loganville Bank Robbery

Date: 02 24 1947
Description: Madison Police Officers (left to right): John Sweeney; Ervin Grahn; and George Cross; pictured at the Madison Police Station garage in front of a bank robb...
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Loganville Bank Robbery

Date: 02 24 1947
Description: Dressed in a flash suit purchased with part of his bank loot, Loyd D. Robertson, 26, of Tomah, confessed robber of the Loganville State bank, attempted to ...
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Police Officer Robert O'Brien With Wooden Guns

Date: 03 08 1947
Description: Police Officer Robert O'Brien showing guns he carved.
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Father - Son Police Officers

Date: 03 02 1947
Description: Madison Police Officer, Rufus Haralson, and his son, Duane C. Haralson, a recently appointed police officer. They are the second father-son combination to ...
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Most Courteous Driver Award

Date: 03 13 1947
Description: Madison police officer Russell C. Kiley presenting an award to Donald C. Quinn for courteous driving.

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