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Highway Patrol Inspection

Date: 07 19 1962
Description: Inspection of Wisconsin State Highway patrolmen.
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Louis Maniacci Mug Shot

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Description: A strip of three mug shots of Louis Maniacci, prisoner 22846.
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James Gumina Mug Shot

Date: 09 05 1934
Description: A strip of three mug shots of James Gumina, prisoner 21855.
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Michael Caruso Mug Shot

Date: 12 21 1934
Description: A strip of three mug shots of Michael Caruso, prisoner 22055.
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Isadore Crupi Mug Shot

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Description: A strip of three mug shots of Isadore Crupi, prisoner 23115.
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Palm Sunday A Century Ago When Lincoln Was Assassinated

Date: 03 30 1965
Description: Front page of the "Wisconsin State Journal" on April 10, 1865 headlining Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
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Charles Arndt's Vest

Date: 07 02 1944
Description: Bette Lou Becker and Jeanne Lamoreaux, from the Wisconsin Historical Society, model and admire the vest of Charles C.P. Arndt. Arndt was shot through the c...
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Dead Body of Schuyler Gates

Date: 09 1869
Description: Stereograph image of the body of Schuyler Gates near the mouth of Hurlbut Creek. The body is laying between the ruts of a rugged dirt road.
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Prisoner and Police Officer

Date: 09 06 1930
Description: Prisoner, Fred Deauchamp, age 29, accused robber of nurse's residence at Wisconsin General Hospital, and police officer standing outdoors.
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Play "26" Gambling Sign

Date: 06 14 1942
Description: A sign explaining the rules for an illegal dice game at the Del-Bar Tavern on Highway 12 between Delton and Wisconsin Dells.
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Wisconsin Circuit Court

Date: 1895
Description: Wisconsin Supreme Court in session at the second hearing of the trial of Emery, Lord and Houston for murder. The case also had two Circuit Court hearings.<...
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Cornerstone Laying of B'nai B'rith Hillel Building

Date: 10 1955
Description: Participants attending in a cornerstone laying ceremony for the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Building located at University of Wisconsin on a rainy day. ...
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Harlan Lunde

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Description: Full-length mug shot of Harlan Lunde.
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Grant County Jail

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior of the Grant County Jailhouse.
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Men Logging

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Description: Logging crew of four men with a team of oxen hauling logs through a snow-covered forest.
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Frank Deischel with Slot Machine

Date: 02 27 1942
Description: Frank Deischel, Wausau, President of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, standing with an illegal slot machine in Deischel's tavern.
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Smashing Illegal Slot Machines

Date: 1948
Description: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines.
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Mrs. Marie Richter

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: Mrs. Marie Richter stands trial for extorting $500 from a former Blue River farmer.
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Prison Industries

Date: 1961
Description: Punch press equipment at one of the Wisconsin prisons used for the manufacture of license plates and traffic signs. This photograph appeared in a 1961 publ...
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Joseph R. Valentine

Date: 10 04 1948
Description: Portrait of Joseph R. Valentine, operator of Club Chanticleer in Middleton that was robbed.

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