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Working on a Chain-Gang

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Description: African American prison inmates working on a road chain-gang in Florida or Georgia.
Drawing

Karl Armstrong

Date: 03 20 1973
Description: Artist's courtroom depiction of Karlton Armstrong. He is sitting with his arms folded and legs crossed, with the judge visible in the background.
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 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

Prison Industries

Date: 1961
Description: Punch press equipment at one of the Wisconsin prisons used for the manufacture of license plates and traffic signs. This photograph appeared in a 1961 publ...
Photograph

Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Alleged killers after confessing to the murder of two people. Seated are Buford Sennett, Richland Center, and Robert Winslow, Owen, standing behind them i...
Photograph

Ordie A. Juve on Trial for Murder

Date: 01 11 1949
Description: Ordie A. Juve, 86 Fair Oaks Avenue, seated at lower left during a hearing in the court of Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor to determine if he should be bound ...
Photograph

Two Illinois World War II Veterans Out on Bail

Date: 08 13 1949
Description: Two World War II veterans from Berwyn, Illinois, released on bail pending a new hearing, are with their lawyers. The two young men were convicted and impri...
Photograph

Larceny Trial

Date: 11 19 1951
Description: Corporal Don Price Jr., Truax Field soldier, is shown at far right as he pleads guilty to larceny charges involving credit union funds in Superior Court. A...
Photograph

Ex-Convicts Confess to Robbery

Date: 12 09 1953
Description: Assistant District Attorney Robert I. Perina (left) hearing the confessions of Douglas R. Wright of Baraboo and William G. Lavine of St. Louis. The two rob...
Photograph

William Desmond scene still for "Bare-Fisted Gallagher"

Date: 1919
Description: Bare-fisted Gallagher (played by William Desmond) stands in full Western costume (cowboy hat, plaid shirt, bandana neckerchief, charro chaps, leather wrist...
Photograph

Mickey Hayes Murder Trial

Date: 09 20 1960
Description: Jon (Mickey) Hayes, left, sitting at a table during the first day of his double-murder trail for killing his father and another man. Shown with his attorne...
Photograph

Three Men Arraigned on Edgewater Hotel Armed Robbery Charges

Date: 09 15 1964
Description: Three men arraigned in Judge William L. Buenzli's court on charges stemming from an armed robbery at the Edgewater Hotel stand with deputy District Attorne...
Photograph

Albert A. Hanson Trial

Date: 12 04 1953
Description: The Albert Hanson trial is serious business for jurors as they hear Attorney William J. Coyne (standing) defend Hanson.
Photograph

Albert A. Hanson Trial

Date: 12 05 1953
Description: Diane Nelson, 20-year-old bookkeeper, is shown reviewing with her attorney, Maurice B. Pasch, the testimony she gave as the chief prosecution witness again...
Photograph

Ed Gein Arriving at State Crime Lab

Date: 11 19 1957
Description: Law enforcement officials escorting Ed Gein to the State Crime Lab, 917 University Avenue, for lie detector and other tests.

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