Learn about the state and federal laws that protect burial sites, Native American mounds, and other places where human remains are buried. |
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What to do if you notice a human burial site being destroyed or damaged. |
Date: | 06 10 1935 |
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Description: | Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson is opening confiscated slot machines to extract money, and Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, is smashing other confisc... |
Date: | 06 10 1935 |
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Description: | Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, using a sledge hammer to smash a confiscated slot machine, with Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson looking on. |
Date: | 06 10 1935 |
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Description: | Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson and Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, with confiscated whiffle board and roulette wheel. |
Date: | 05 26 1934 |
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Description: | Dane County traffic officers standing next to new Ford V8 automobiles and Harley-Davidson motorcycles. |
Date: | 05 26 1934 |
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Description: | Dane County traffic police officers on their new Harley-Davidson motorcycles. |
Date: | 12 04 1931 |
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Description: | Technicians administer a lie detector test at District Attorney Fred Risser's office to be used in the James Corcoran poisoning case. |
Date: | 12 30 1930 |
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Description: | Myron Stephanson, accused burglar, holding his head in his hands while sitting under a notice titled: "Wanted for Bank Robbery" at the police station. |
Date: | 09 06 1930 |
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Description: | Prisoner, Fred Deauchamp, age 29, accused robber of nurse's residence at Wisconsin General Hospital, and police officer standing outdoors. |
Date: | 1924 |
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Description: | A view inside the back of an armored International Model S paddy wagon. |
Date: | 12 23 1871 |
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Description: | Illustration of Dr. Williams being sworn in as an expert medical witness at the Wharton trial. |
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Description: | A formal portrait of police officers in front of a building. |
Date: | 08 05 1942 |
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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. |
Date: | 1968 |
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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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Description: | The Cheyenne Police, with Tall Bull as their Captain, seen on the right side of the image. |
Date: | 05 14 1950 |
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Description: | President Harry S. Truman greets a crowd from the back platform of a NorthWestern train at the Commercial Ave. crossing. Others with him from the left are... |
Date: | 05 14 1950 |
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Description: | President Harry S. Truman getting out of a car outside the Field House, trailer housing in the background. He came for a 5 1/2 hour visit, gave a "peace" a... |
Date: | 04 1963 |
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Description: | John F. Kennedy and another man by a white car at West Palm Beach. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, "on Lake Worth while visiting Fred and ... |
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