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Poster

Karl Armstrong Freedom Party Poster

Date: 09 23 1973
Description: Poster for Karl Armstrong freedom party.
Photograph

Prisoner Edward Pendergast

Date: 01 20 1940
Description: Prison mug shot of Edward Pendergast, inmate number 25367, an Irish mill wright who was convicted of arson.
Photograph

Prisoner Harvey Wiles

Date: 01 22 1940
Description: Prisoner photograph of Harvey Wiles, inmate number 25371, who was a clerk convicted on three counts of embezzlement.
Photograph

Prisoner Lyle Tadder

Date: 02 09 1940
Description: Prison photograph of Lyle Tadder, inmate number 25409, a painter who was convicted of larceny of auto.
Photograph

Prisoner Wilfred Leigh Mills

Date: 07 08 1940
Description: Prisoner photograph of Wilfred Leigh Mills, inmate number 25714, an English truck driver convicted of larceny.
Photograph

Prisoner William Joseph Hogan

Date: 02 11 1946
Description: Prisoner William Joseph Hogan, inmate 28820, a truck driver convicted on two counts of assault with intent to rob.
Photograph

Prisoner Gustave Pete Sharlow

Date: 02 15 1946
Description: Prisoner Gustave Pete Sharlow, inmate number 28827, an Indian tailor convicted of larceny.
Photograph

Prisoner Virgil Valorous Ishmael

Date: 02 11 1946
Description: Prisoner photograph of Virgil Valorous Ishmael, inmate number 28858, a truck driver convicted of issuing worthless checks.
Photograph

Prisoner Salvatore "Cono" Librizzi

Date: 04 03 1946
Description: Prisoner photograph of Salvatore "Cono" Librizzi, inmate number 28898, a laborer who was convicted of burglary.
Photograph

Prisoner Henry G. Baxter

Date: 11 08 1951
Description: Prison photograph of Henry G. Baxter, inmate number 32394, a tavern and restaurant keeper convicted of selling mortgaged property.
Photograph

Carl Braden

Date: 1955
Description: Prison identification photograph of Carl Braden after his conviction for sedition.
Poster

Support Prison Rebellions Poster

Date: 11 1971
Description: Poster created by SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), advocating support of prison rebellions, and the abolishment of alleged racist prison terror. Fe...
Poster

Dana Beal Liberation Poster

Date: 09 1971
Description: Poster advocating the liberation of Dana Beal, a marijuana legalization advocate who had been recently apprehended in Madison. Poster features a stylized i...
Poster

Karl Armstrong Solidarity Poster

Date: 02 1972
Description: Poster from 1972, voicing support for Karl Armstrong and his involvement in the Sterling Hall bombing on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in 1970...
Photograph

Prisoner Joseph Young

Date: 02 13 1940
Description: Prison photographs (two quarter-length, one full-length) of Joseph Young, inmate number 25417, a bookkeeper and switchboard operator.
Photograph

Frame 13: Working on the Chain Gang

Date: 1964
Description: A group of correctional inmates work in a trench, while a man with a firearm watches from above.
Photograph

Mug Shot of Nick Bongiovanni

Date: 1933
Description: A mug shot of Nick Bongiovanni, prisoner #467, charged with murder.
Photograph

Two Prisoners

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Two prisoners sitting outdoors at their prison camp. Captioned: "Boche prisoners at Saint Hilaire."
Photograph

Pat Lucey Meets with U.S. Prisoners in Mexico

Date: 03 15 1978
Description: Patrick J. Lucey, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, visiting U.S. prisoners being held at Jalisco State Penitentiary in Mexico.

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