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Pushing Wrecked Car

Date: 09 03 1931
Description: Otto Bosshard standing in the background watching motorcycle patrolman Calbert James Sparks and a spectator push his wrecked car off a safety island at the...
Poster

"Gay is Angry" Calendar

Date: 1971
Description: Cover illustration of a calendar promoting gay pride. The calendar features numerous photographs, illustrations and quotations for each month from March 19...
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International Harvester Parade Float

Date: 1945
Description: Me and women line the sidewalks to watch an International Harvester parade float go by. The float is decorated with uniformed men in a jeep, and palm trees...
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Women Protestors in a Judge's Office

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Six irate women drivers sit in the office of superior court judge Roy H. Proctor's office to protest his dismissal of a traffic charge against a male drive...
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Law Enforcement Officers

Date: 1964
Description: A group of police officers wearing helmets are walking along the sidewalk. Behind them is an intersection, with a number of pedestrians on the sidewalk and...
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Woolworth's Protestors and Law Enforcement Officers

Date: 1964
Description: A woman stands in the foreground looking at the camera, while behind her two law enforcement officers wearing helmets examine protestors during a Freedom S...
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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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Police and News Stations Vehicles at the Democratic Presidential Debates

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: Two police officers are sitting in a police car near the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union, which is hosting the Democratic presidential debate. Seve...
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Warden Removing a Dead Deer

Date: 1968
Description: View from side of road towards a Wisconsin game warden removing a dead deer lying in the snow that had been struck by a vehicle from a rural highway. Behin...
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Beware of Dust

Date: 
Description: View from side of road towards the rear of a police car driving down U.S. Route 51. Signs on the side of the road read: "51" and "Beware of Dust."
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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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