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| Date: | 07 16 1946 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter Goodland meeting with Ellis H. Dana, Executive Vice-President of the Wisconsin Council of Churches in the Govenor's office. Ellis is congra... |
| Date: | 03 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Philip G. Fox, 513 Virginia Terrace, professor of business administration at the University of Wisconsin, with a slot machine. Professor Fox is a well-kno... |
| Date: | 06 14 1942 |
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| Description: | A sign explaining the rules for an illegal dice game at the Del-Bar Tavern on Highway 12 between Delton and Wisconsin Dells. |
| Date: | 02 27 1942 |
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| Description: | Frank Deischel, Wausau, President of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, standing with an illegal slot machine in Deischel's tavern. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
| Date: | 08 1993 |
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| Description: | Sign congratulating the lottery winners at Gilles Frozen Custard Drive-in. |
| Date: | 08 1993 |
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| Description: | "The media coverage was incredible when Les Robins and Colleen DeVries receive their checks." |
| Date: | 03 10 1959 |
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| Description: | Police and state agents take a gaming machine out the door of the Wagon Wheel tavern, 203 East Washington avenue. |
| Date: | 06 13 1942 |
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| Description: | Three illegal gambling machines in the Dell View hotel. |
| Date: | 01 1924 |
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| Description: | Gerald J. Boileau, assistant district attorney, and George Lippert, district attorney, and three other men, exhibiting slot machines seized during a raid i... |
| Date: | 08 1993 |
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| Description: | "TV news people stand in front of the Fond du Lac Sentry store where the winning ticket was purchased." |
| Date: | 04 04 1942 |
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| Description: | An illegal gambling machine in a tavern. |
| Date: | 12 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Flicker Pinball Machine taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept. |
| Date: | 12 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Bumper Pinball Machine taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept. |
| Date: | 12 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Pinball machine. Taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept. |
| Date: | 04 1942 |
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| Description: | Two illegal gambling machines in the Brass Ball Tavern. |
| Date: | 02 19 1949 |
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| Description: | Madison Police Inspector Philip H. Oakey is shown demolishing three "one-armed bandits." They had been stored in the vault of police headquarters since the... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of children pose on tricycles at a Civilian Defense Rally. Booths and crowds are visible in the background, including a game booth where you can "D... |
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