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Franz Haas at his Standard Gas Station

Date: 11 11 1952
Description: Franz Haas, sheriff elect, washing the windshield of a car at his Standard Gas Station, 318 South Park Street.
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Destruction of Illegal Slot Machines

Date: 02 19 1949
Description: Madison Police Inspector Philip H. Oakey is shown demolishing three "one-armed bandits." They had been stored in the vault of police headquarters since the...
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State Patrol Field Headquarters

Date: 1955
Description: State patrol officers line up beside their patrol cars at Old District 1 State Patrol Field Headquarters on Highway 12. They appear to be receiving instruc...
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David Lee Roth

Date: 08 20 1979
Description: David Lee Roth, lead singer for the band Van Halen, getting into a limousine after visiting the Lake Street Station record store on State Street. The band ...
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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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Meredeth Niemczyk, Crossing Guard

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: Mrs. Niemczyk, wearing a safety sash, is shown conferring with a policeman. The original caption reads that he is "supervisor of the 49 school crossing gua...

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