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Police Officers Receive Group Insurance Policies

Date: 05 16 1935
Description: Group portrait of police officers receiving insurance policies in front of the Madison Police Station, 14-16 South Webster Street, with motorcycles parked ...
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Judge Patrick T. Stone

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: Portrait of U.S. Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone sitting at his desk.
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Judge Patrick T. Stone and Family

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: Group portrait of U.S. District Court Judge Patrick T. Stone, sitting, and behind him standing is, left to right is: daughter Mary Louise Stone, Mrs. Patri...
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Lie Detector Test

Date: 12 04 1931
Description: Technicians administer a lie detector test at District Attorney Fred Risser's office to be used in the James Corcoran poisoning case.
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Jesse Smith at the Police Desk

Date: 10 12 1931
Description: Jesse Smith is on the job as desk sergeant at the Madison Police Department.
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Jesse Smith Trial

Date: 09 15 1931
Description: Trial of Madison Police Dept. Desk Sargent Jesse M. Smith, accused of non-payment of a $191 bill which his ex-wife incurred at the Dean clinic. This was he...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices

Date: 10 13 1930
Description: Robed Wisconsin Supreme Court justices sitting in their courtroom in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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New Police Chief Candidate

Date: 09 30 1930
Description: New police chief candidate, William H. McCormick, sitting behind a desk.
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Office of Judge Marshall

Date: 1904
Description: Office of Roujet Delisle Marshall, who served as Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice 1895-1918. The judge's office was located in one of the octagon tower room...
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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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Franz Haas at his Standard Gas Station

Date: 11 11 1952
Description: Franz Haas, sheriff elect, working under the hood of a car at his Standard Gas Station, 318 South Park Street.
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Arthur M. Joys Trial

Date: 01 18 1944
Description: Jury members and lawyers from the trail of Arthur M. Joys. Seated at the defense table are (left to right): defense attorney Darrell MacIntyre, defendant ...
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Supreme Court Certificate

Date: 1857
Description: Certificate signed by La Fayette Kellogg admitting George E. Bryant to practice law before the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. The certificate bears the seal ...
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Eight Foot Tall Lawyer

Date: 07 01 1944
Description: Clifford Thompson, the second tallest man in the world, being sworn into the Wisconsin state bar at the Wisconsin State Capitol by Justice Elmer E. Barlow....
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Edward Marr, Robbery Victim

Date: 10 03 1944
Description: Edward Marr, bank messenger for Montgomery Ward and Co., and victim of Madison's second daylight holdup in a month, is searching through the bandit picture...
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M. Pearl Guynes

Date: 10 03 1944
Description: Miss M. Pearl Guynes, member of the Business and Professional Women's Club and recently appointed sergeant of the Madison Police Department, sitting at her...
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Superintendents of State Welfare Institutions

Date: 10 23 1944
Description: Group portrait of 13 superintendents of state welfare institutions with A.W. Bayley (extreme right, standing), director of the Wisconsin Deptartment of Pub...
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Charles H. Cashin and Herbert C. Hale

Date: 12 11 1944
Description: Charles H. Cashin (right) of Stevens Point being sworn in by Clerk of Court Herbert C. Hale as the U.S. Attorney for the Western Wisconsin District.
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Judge Elmer E. Barlow, Wisconsin Supreme Court

Date: 03 20 1945
Description: Judge Elmer E. Barlow, in his robes, sitting in his office, as a member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Police Captain, J. Homer Elder

Date: 05 22 1945
Description: Police Captain, J. Homer Elder, new Chief of Traffic, talking with a citizen at the Traffic Bureau window.

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