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Slot Machine Seizure

Date: 01 1924
Description: Gerald J. Boileau, assistant district attorney, and George Lippert, district attorney, and three other men, exhibiting slot machines seized during a raid i...
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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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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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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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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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Office of Police Chief Bernard Adelmeyer

Date: 02 06 1978
Description: "Police Chief Bernie Adelmeyer explains duties to rookie officer, Mike Mansfield. Adelmeyer has been chief for seven years, but had previous experience in ...
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David Couper

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Description: Madison Police Chief David Couper in his office with posters of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the left, and Mahatma Gandhi on the right.
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Madison Police Department Civilian Staff

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Civilian employees in the Madison police department records center. Staff are sitting at their desks in an open office space with different filing cabinets...
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Mr. Oakie

Date: 1952
Description: A man sits at a desk, with one hand on a book and the other adjusting a radio. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1950-4. Mr. Oakie, local police official."

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