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Wisconsin Centennial Exposition Entrance

Date: 08 1948
Description: View from road of crowd of people walking towards the entrance to the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition on Greenfield Avenue.
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Madison Police Department Fingerprint Booth

Date: 06 1936
Description: The Madison Police Department Fingerprint Booth at the Wisconsin Centennial Industrial Exposition held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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Alice in Dairyland with Luci Baines Johnson

Date: 08 16 1964
Description: Beth Bartosh of Burlington, the 1964 Alice in Dairyland, walks along the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, accompanied by a large group of people, incl...
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen McCabe

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Mary Ellen McCabe, 1954 Alice in Dairyland, enters State Fair Park in her official convertible, escorted by police officers on Harley-Davidson motorcycles ...
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Wisconsin Policeman's Protective Association Golf Tournament

Date: 09 06 1960
Description: Group portrait of the prize winners at the Wisconsin Policeman's Protective Association's golf tournament at the Lake Ripley Country Club in Cambridge. Sea...
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Rod Martin and Richard Gruber Meet at the State Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 21 1959
Description: Rod Martin, LaCrosse Logan High School basketball coach (L), and Richard Gruber, Acting Madison Police Chief, renew an old friendship at the state basketba...
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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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Police Officer Robert O'Brien With Wooden Guns

Date: 03 08 1947
Description: Police Officer Robert O'Brien showing guns he carved.
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We Saw You . . . at Water Follies

Date: 08 1955
Description: Water comedian, Eddie Rose, of the Sam Snyder's Water Follies performing his routine jumping off a high-level diving board during a show at Breese Stevens ...
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Police Office Standing in front of Outdoor Bar

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A police officer stands in front of an outdoor bar at a Civilian Defense Rally.
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Gambling Raid at Downtown Tavern

Date: 03 10 1959
Description: Police and state agents take a gaming machine out the door of the Wagon Wheel tavern, 203 East Washington avenue.
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Armistice Day in Milwaukee

Date: 11 11 1957
Description: Uptown Post #400 Drill Team in formation firing a salute on Armistice Day while passers-by pause to pay their respects.
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Jimmy Demetral Demonstrating Judo Hold

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Jimmy Demetral, Madison wrestler, throwing Officer Keith Ackley as part of a five-week course in ju-jitsu for 55 officers of the Madison Police Department.
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Police on Horseback and Bicyclist

Date: 2008
Description: A female bike rider looks over at police officer riding a horse at Riverside Park.
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Madison, Wisconsin Champion Roddy Botts with a volunteer at the starting line of the All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs.
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United Givers Report Luncheon

Date: 10 27 1960
Description: Captain A. Alvin T. Nygaard of the Madison Police Department converses with other campaign volunteers at the report luncheon for the United Givers Fund.
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Slot Machine Seizure

Date: 01 1924
Description: Gerald J. Boileau, assistant district attorney, and George Lippert, district attorney, and three other men, exhibiting slot machines seized during a raid i...
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Jimmy Demetral Demonstrating Ju-Jitsu Hold

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Jimmy Demetral, Madison wrestler, teaching Officer Robert O'Brien to do an "airplane spin" toss on Officer Keith Ackley. Fifty-five Madison Police Departme...
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Police with Riot Sticks

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Description: Waukesha police recruits practice using riot sticks.
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Fire at 15 S. Bedford Street

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Police Officer Robert O'Neil looking at charred doll and little red boots found in the debris in the room in a tenement-type house, 15 South Bedford Street...

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