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Police Officer with Pedestrian

Date: 1900
Description: Police officer helping a young woman cross the street.
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Dane County Motor Police

Date: 05 16 1931
Description: Four Dane County motor police officers shown with four Harley Davidson motorcycles, and two other men, taken in front of Madison Battery and Tire, 250 Stat...
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen McCabe

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Mary Ellen McCabe, 1954 Alice in Dairyland, enters State Fair Park in her official convertible, escorted by police officers on Harley-Davidson motorcycles ...
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Sheep at the Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: Men preparing their sheep for judging at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Postcard

Iron County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: View across road toward the court house. Caption reads: "Court House, Hurley, Wis."
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Capitol Square

Date: 1933
Description: Two police officers, one on a motorcycle with sidecar on the corner of Mifflin and Carroll Street, on the Capitol Square. A large Santa Claus cutout is lo...
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Dane County Jail

Date: 1901
Description: The Dane County Jail. To the right is the sheriff's residence.
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State Prison

Date: 1865
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Prison.
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Fairgrounds Harness Race

Date: 07 14 1944
Description: One horse and racer on the track in front of the judges stand during a harness race at a fairgrounds. Signs visible promote county fairs in Darlington and ...
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Directing Traffic

Date: 1939
Description: A Chicago police officer holds up his hand to signal pedestrians that they should not enter the crosswalk.
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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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Livestock Judging

Date: 09 1953
Description: A young woman shows her entry in the Central Wisconsin Junior Livestock Competition.
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Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial

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Description: The Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial was placed on the Wisconsin State Capitol grounds in 1998. The memorial is inscribed with the names of Wisconsin law...
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Airplane Wreck

Date: 02 21 1947
Description: After hooking a wing into a huge tree, an airplane piloted by Carl Anderson crashed onto a town road in Fitchburg near the Sam McGaw farm. The impact tore ...
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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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Metropolitan Building

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Description: Metropolitan building and the Streissguth clothing and shoe company at the northeast corner of N. 3rd and W. State Streets. Police officers are standing on...
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Fond du Lac Avenue

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Description: Police officer directing traffic on a busy intersection. Walgreen Drugs is on one corner, Standard Service and Six Point beer garden on the opposite corner...
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Abandoned Army Shooting Range

Date: 08 07 1947
Description: Abandoned army shooting range at Truax Field, with Police Officer Lester Shore in the lower right foreground.
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MacArthur Returns

Date: 05 20 1951
Description: General Douglas MacArthur rides in an open car during the ticker tape parade in his honor. MacArthur had just returned to the United States, having been re...
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Two Police Officers with Businessman

Date: 1905
Description: A businessman, dressed in a suit coat and hat looks up while standing near two police officers. Behind them is a crowd of pedestrians on a street.

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