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Knights of Columbus - Zor Shrine Softball Show

Date: 08 04 1948
Description: Five clowns and two police officers, with Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin on a stretcher, at the Knights of Columbus - Zor Shrine Softball Show at Breese Steve...
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William Sachtjen

Date: 1940
Description: Future District Court Judge William Sachtjen, wearing an apron and holding a broom. He is standing behind a 7-Up sign. Sachtjen worked at Droster's Grocery...
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New Attorney General Swearing-In

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild, (right) being sworn in by his father, Justice Edward T. Fairchild, of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Rusk with Viroqua Leaders

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Description: Jeremiah M. Rusk, in black, standing on the porch of the C.M. Butt law office. They are, seated left to right, Judge Carson Graham, Judge James Evans Newe...
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Safe Burglary Sentencing

Date: 12 09 1948
Description: Three men in court with their attorney listen to their sentences for stealing the Durfee Brothers Roofing Company safe. From right are Louis and Kenneth Di...
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Legal Aid Society Staff

Date: 12 21 1948
Description: Mrs. Ken H. (Virginia) Taylor, secretary of the Madison Legal Aid Society, arranging a case file for William, Oshkosh, (seated) a University of Wisconsin l...
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Bruce Weatherly and Alton S. Heassler

Date: 10 26 1948
Description: Newly-appointed Madison police chief Bruce Weatherly, left, is shown conferring with Alton S. Heassler, assistant city attorney.
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Police Chief McCormick Testimonial Dinner

Date: 01 05 1949
Description: Retired Police Chief William H. McCormick was honored by his friends and associates at a testimonial dinner at the Elk's Club. Seated at the table (left to...
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Police Chief McCormick Testimonial Dinner

Date: 01 05 1949
Description: "Roundy" Coughlin sitting between retired Police Chief William H. McCormick (left) and his successor, Chief Bruce Weatherly, at a testimonial dinner for th...
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University of Wisconsin Law School Graduates

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: Fifty-two recent graduates of University Law School making their first appearance before the state Supreme Court. Most of the graduates are veterans of Wor...
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Charity Contribution Container in Sheriff's Office

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: Sheriff Herman P. Kerl, and Sally Penfield, with the four-gallon glass bottle for collecting donations to the "State Journal" Empty Stocking club, the Kidd...
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Madison Artists Exhibition Award Winners

Date: 02 06 1949
Description: The top prize winners at the Madison Artists Exhibition. From left are Professor Alfred Sessler, University of Wisconsin art education, for two small oil p...
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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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National Federation of Republican Women's Clubs

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Police Chief Bruce Weatherly meeting with members of the National Federation of Republican Women's Clubs who were touring government offices while in Madis...
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District Attorney Robert W. Arthur

Date: 07 09 1949
Description: Portrait of District Attorney Robert W. Arthur as he appeared in Dane County circuit court to argue against dismissal of one of his lobbying cases.
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Sadie Jackson Murder

Date: 07 10 1949
Description: Julius J. Jackson, 1049 East Johnson, seated, with Acting Lieut. Robert O'Brien of the Madison police department in the background. Jackson is the husband ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Officials

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: Soap Box Derby officials and judges for the 1949 derby are pictured in a group portrait. Left to right, they are John Hubbins, cashier of the American Exch...
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Grover L. Broadfoot

Date: 06 04 1948
Description: Attorney General Grover Broadfoot is shown seated, signing a document.
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Lieut. Walter Thompson Recieving Kemper Foundation Award

Date: 07 27 1949
Description: Lieut. Walter Thompson, an officer with the Madison police force, receiving the $650 Kemper Foundation fellowship check to attend the traffic police admini...
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New Police Telephone Switchboard

Date: 09 06 1949
Description: Mrs. Rose E. Amoth works at the new police telephone switchboard at the police station, 14 South Webster Street.

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