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Children In Jail

Date: 1953
Description: Willie Andazola (left) and Gary Alderette (right) in a jail scene in the film "Salt of the Earth."
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Eduardo Passarelli and Aldo Fabrizi in Roma, Città Aperta (Rome, Open City)

Date: 1945
Description: Scene still of Aldo Fabrizi, as the priest Don Pietro Pellegrini, confronted by a police sergeant, Eduardo Passarelli, in Roberto Rossellini's Roma, cit...
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Marshall Neilan and Ruth Roland

Date: 1912
Description: Scene still with Marshall Neilan, in white shirt, and Ruth Roland in a room crowded with police officers from one of the many silent films they made for Ka...
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Houdini in Chains

Date: 1919
Description: Harry Houdini in a scene from the silent motion picture, "The Grim Game."
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Jackie Coogan in "Peck's Bad Boy"

Date: 1921
Description: Henry Peck, the "bad boy" played by Jackie Coogan, is caught with his hand in the apple barrel by a police officer in this scene still from the silent film...
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Jack Conway in "Added Fuel"

Date: 1915
Description: Jack Conway stands before the desk sergeant in a police station in a scene still from the one reel silent film "Added Fuel" (Reliance 1915).
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The Arrest of the Yeggmen from "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: Safecrackers (yeggmen) hired by Sterling, a corrupt Wall Street broker, are caught in the act by the newspaper reporter Dick Carson (played by W. E. Lawren...
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Final Scene from "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: Stirling, the corrupt Wall Street broker, is confronted by Mr. Berry (played by W. H. Brown in a top hat) in the climax of the 1915 Reliance one-reel silen...
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"Murphey's I.O.U." Publicity Still

Date: 1913
Description: Murphy the cop (played by Fred Mace) kneels as he is tormented by his wife (Dot Farley) who chokes him with one hand and raps him on the head with the othe...
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"The Double Standard" Production Still

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption: "Director Phillips Smalley (third from the left), rehearsing his players in Brand Whitlock's story being filmed at Universal City. The ju...
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Clara Kimball Young and John St. Polis

Date: 1916
Description: Sonia Sokoloff (played by Clara Kimball Young) stands in a doorway and gestures toward a bedroom to two police officers. The officer with his head thrown b...
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Crime Re-enactment

Date: 04 23 1986
Description: This image was captured during the re-enactment of a crime that took place at a convenience store on Tuesday, April 22nd, 1986. The killing of Andrew N. Ne...
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Courtroom Scene Still with Ruth Stonehouse

Date: 1916
Description: In this scene still for "Angels Unawares," Ruth Stonehouse plays Freckles, a street waif, who sits forlornly in a courtroom complete with a judge, lawyers,...
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Wallace Reid in a publicty still for a western.

Date: 1912
Description: In this publicity still for the silent western "At Cripple Creek," Wallace Reid is in costume for the role of Joe Mayfield. He wears a bandanna for a tie, ...
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Crowded Courtroom Scene Still from "Back of the Man"

Date: 1917
Description: Every person in the crowded courtroom is standing in this scene still for the silent drama "Back of the Man." The center of attention is a man with a moust...
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William Desmond scene still for "Bare-Fisted Gallagher"

Date: 1919
Description: Bare-fisted Gallagher (played by William Desmond) stands in full Western costume (cowboy hat, plaid shirt, bandana neckerchief, charro chaps, leather wrist...
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Wallace Reid and Nine other Actors in a Scene Still

Date: 1918
Description: Wallace Reid, dressed in white tie and tails, sits on a table and looks sheepish. He is surrounded by men, one without trousers, apparently after a fistfig...
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Florence La Badie, Charles A. Jahn, Arthur Bauer, and a Host of Extras in a Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: Surrounded by a crowd of extras in evening clothes, a police officer (played by Arthur Bauer) holds out a wanted poster reading "Reward $50,000 Charles Bur...
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Florence La Badie, Charles A. Jahn, and Arthur Bauer scene still

Date: 1915
Description: In a scene still set in a police station for the 1915 Thanhouser silent drama "Bianca Forgets" are Bianca Wells (played by Florence La Badie wearing a whit...
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Honorary Membership for Actor

Date: 10 1955
Description: Officer Harold Kurth (right) presented an honorary membership in the Madison policeman's Protective Association to Ben Alexander (left) who plays Detective...

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