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Armistice Day in Milwaukee

Date: 11 11 1957
Description: Uptown Post #400 Drill Team in formation firing a salute on Armistice Day while passers-by pause to pay their respects.
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Crime Scene Investigation

Date: 05 11 1955
Description: Chalk lines in the foreground mark the spot where White Elephant Bar owner was shot. Police and detectives conferred in the background after assembling inv...
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Police Officer with Pedestrian

Date: 1900
Description: Police officer helping a young woman cross the street.
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Police Strategy Session

Date: 11 21 1956
Description: Uniformed police officers looking over a laid out map with potential escape routes.
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Milwaukee Street Scene

Date: 1905
Description: A police officer stands in the middle of the street near street railroad tracks in the pavement as pedestrians cross. In the background on the street corne...
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Father Groppi in Police Wagon

Date: 1966
Description: Father Groppi is seated in the back of a police wagon with police officer after being arrested in front of his parish for the second night in a row.
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Striker Arrested, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 12 07 1946
Description: During a march in support of the striking Local 75 of the United Automobile Workers, the police arrest one participant.
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Milwaukee Commercial School

Date: 04 01 1915
Description: Northwest corner of 3rd and Wells Street, facing the Milwaukee Commercial School. A police officer directs traffic in the foreground, with pedestrians on t...
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Freedom House Burning

Date: 1967
Description: Freedom House in flames after Milwaukee Police fired tear gas into the building. Two armed officers stand in front of the burning building. Both officers h...
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Two Police Officers with Businessman

Date: 1905
Description: A businessman, dressed in a suit coat and hat looks up while standing near two police officers. Behind them is a crowd of pedestrians on a street.
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World Series, Man Coming Off Fire Ladder

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Milwaukee County Stadium on the day of the first game of the 1958 World Series, between the Milwaukee Braves and the New York Yankees. A man is being lower...
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World Series, Men Around Fire Engine

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Milwaukee County Stadium on the day of the first game of the 1958 World Series, between the Milwaukee Braves and the New York Yankees. Fire fighters and po...
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Allis-Chalmers Factory Gate During Strike

Date: 11 25 1946
Description: Allis-Chalmers factory gate during strike. Railroad tracks are in the foreground and a large group of police officers stand inside of and coming out of the...
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Police at Allis-Chalmers Strike

Date: 11 25 1946
Description: Police pushing a group of strikers in front of the factory gate at the Allis-Chalmers strike. On the far right is a man holding a press camera.
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Plankinton Meat Packing Strike

Date: 04 20 1948
Description: Striking workers and police outside of Plankinton Meat Packing. Strikers are standing on the cobblestone street and sidewalk holding signs that read "Don'...
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Plankinton Meat Packing Strike

Date: 04 20 1948
Description: Striking workers and police outside of Plankinton Meat Packing.
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NAACP March with Police Escort

Date: 1967
Description: Father James Groppi (center) and the NAACP participate in a civil rights march. Police are armed and escorting the protestors. The marchers are passing an ...
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Not Street Legal

Date: 08 31 1957
Description: Milwaukee police Sergeant Edward Daily explains to Leland Bryan that his Roadable Aircraft, a combination airplane and automobile, may not be driven on Mil...
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Police Accident Report

Date: 10 16 1955
Description: Burkie West and his grandaughter Catherine West answer a police officer's questions after their automobile was hit by a train. Both incurred minor injuries...
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Evacuation Route Out of Milwaukee

Date: 1961
Description: Evacuation route out of Milwaukee. View from the side of the road looking downhill towards the rear of a Wisconsin State Patrol cruiser parked on the right...

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