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Dancers at Policemen's Ball

Date: 02 22 1933
Description: Charles O. Burmeister, general chairman of the event, dancing with Miss Florence Huston, at Policemen's ball, East High School.
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Jimmy Demetral Demonstrating Judo Hold

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Jimmy Demetral, Madison wrestler, throwing Officer Keith Ackley as part of a five-week course in ju-jitsu for 55 officers of the Madison Police Department.
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Jimmy Demetral Demonstrating Ju-Jitsu Hold

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Jimmy Demetral, Madison wrestler, teaching Officer Robert O'Brien to do an "airplane spin" toss on Officer Keith Ackley. Fifty-five Madison Police Departme...
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Officer Frank Ingraham with School Children

Date: 04 12 1945
Description: Officer Frank B. Ingraham, at his beat on the corners of State, Henry, and Johnson Streets, with young school children from Holy Redeemer School. Ingraham ...
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Police First Aid Training

Date: 11 16 1945
Description: Dane County Traffic Police receiving first aid training. Officer E.W. Kelzenberg on the left, Lieut. A.C. Pope in the middle, and Officer Ralph Conklin on...
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Police First Aid Training

Date: 11 16 1945
Description: Dane County traffic police receiving first aid training. Officer Rodney Burgenske is performing artificial respiration on Lieut. A.C. Pope while Capt. O.F....
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Police First Aid Training

Date: 11 16 1945
Description: Dane County traffic police receiving first aid training. They are demonstrating the correct way for carrying a victim. From left are Lieut. A.C. Pope, an...
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Milwaukee Commercial School

Date: 04 01 1915
Description: Northwest corner of 3rd and Wells Street, facing the Milwaukee Commercial School. A police officer directs traffic in the foreground, with pedestrians on t...
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Young Man in Custody

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Description: Unidentified image of a young man in a suit and tie being escorted by a police officer into a court room.
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Bicycle Test for Marquette School Student

Date: 04 30 1947
Description: Side view of a Marquette School student being tested for riding skills in front of the school at 510 South Thornton Avenue. The testing is along Spaight St...
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Madison Police Department's First Pre-service Training Course Graduates

Date: 12 30 1949
Description: Seventeen police rookies and graduates of the Madison Police Department stand in a line at their very first pre-service training course. They began their n...
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Paoli Grade School Class

Date: 02 05 1951
Description: Dane County Traffic Lieutenant Arden C. Pope teaches grade school students the rules of riding bicycles and walking safely on highways.
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Paoli Grade School Safety Patrol Program

Date: 02 05 1951
Description: As Paoli grade school children watch, Lieutenant Arden C. Pope, head of the Dane County traffic safety division, presents badges and belts for school patro...
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Korean Student Uprising

Date: 04 1960
Description: The student uprising, in which 112 students were killed by the South Korean police in one day, led to the downfall of President Syngman Rhee. This event wa...
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Madison Public School Safety Program

Date: 09 05 1952
Description: Safety was the topic of discussion when Captain Walter Thompson, of the city police traffic bureau (seated at center) met with safety patrol members from f...
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AAA School Safety Program

Date: 08 31 1953
Description: Stuart B. Wright, AAA general Manager, presents school safety signs to Mayor George Forster, Supt. of Schools Philip H. Falk, and Police Chief Bruce Weathe...
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A Police Officer, Three Ladies, and a Bicycle

Date: 01 19 1956
Description: Portrait of a police officer and three ladies with an exercise bicycle at Washington School.
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Planning High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 04 1957
Description: There is a special curfew hour of 11:30 p.m. for the three days of the State Basketball Tournament. Inspector of Police Richard Gruber points to his watch ...
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Police Recruits

Date: 10 22 1958
Description: Nineteen new police recruits are shown sitting in class. The men who are in pre-service training began classes September 16 and will graduate in January.
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Police Judo Instructions

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Description: A man is thrown into the air by another man during judo instruction at the YMCA.

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