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Ashland County Jail

Date: 1890
Description: Text on front reads: "Ashland County Jail, Ashland, Wis." and "Conover & Porter, Architects." A young boy standing on the steps near the open door of the a...
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Sauk County Jail

Date: 1918
Description: Dog kennels and houses border the Sauk County Jail in Baraboo. Taken from the Northeast corner of the intersection of Broadway and 2nd Avenue in Baraboo. T...
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Dr. Williams at the Wharton Trial

Date: 12 23 1871
Description: Illustration of Dr. Williams being sworn in as an expert medical witness at the Wharton trial.
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Indian Court

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Description: Indian Court, with interpreter Charlie Pitt; police captain Antwine Pepins, Judge Thomas Palmer; Chief Judge Albert Kuckup (captor of Captain Jack, Madoc C...
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Court House and Jail in Crandon

Date: 1910
Description: Crandon courthouse and jail.
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Lafayette County Courthouse and Jail

Date: 1935
Description: View of the Lafayette County courthouse, with the jail in the background.
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Otoe Police

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Description: Otoe Indian police on horseback.
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City Hall, Jail and Amusement Park

Date: 1905
Description: Jail, City Hall, and an amusement park. The Jail was later used as a School and Library. Caption reads: "Jail, City Hall & Amusement Park, Grand Rapids, Wi...
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Baird Law Office

Date: 1910
Description: Front view of the Baird Law Office before reconstruction.
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Baird Law Office

Date: 1950
Description: View of the Henry Baird Law Office.
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Baird Law Office

Date: 1954
Description: View of front of the Baird law office. A large stone building is in the background.
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Baird Law Office

Date: 1957
Description: View of the Baird law office, removed from its original location to the lawn of the Brown County Court House.
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Uniformed Men

Date: 
Description: A formal portrait of police officers in front of a building.
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Trial of a Young Traitor

Date: 1957
Description: A traitor, with hands held near his face, stands before the Algerian rebels in the Atlas Mountains. This is the actual trial.
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Automobiles and police officer on West Mifflin Street. Celebration of V-J Day August 15, 1945, the day on which the Allies announced the surrender of Japan...
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Alfred W. Bareis and Bruce Weatherly

Date: 12 28 1948
Description: City Clerk Alfred W. Bareis swears in police chief Bruce Weatherly. Alfred W. Bareis was mayor from 1955-1956.
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Karl Armstrong

Date: 1972
Description: Karl Armstrong with fist raised, one of four men responsible for the 1970 bombing of Sterling Hall. Photograph was taken in prison. Armstrong was apprehend...
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Women Booked For Prostitution

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Women are booked for prostitution by state agents at the Iron County jail after vice raids at Hurley-area taverns on a Tuesday night.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Vigil

Date: 1968
Description: Members of the National Welfare Rights Organization, some dressed in choir robes, hold candles and a cross as they are confronted by police. This is at the...
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Air Raid Warden

Date: 04 17 1944
Description: Dane County chief air raid warden, Coroner E.A. "Ace" Fischer puts a gas mask on Deputy Sheriff Albert Dahle on a stairway at the Wisconsin State Capitol.

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