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Smashing Illegal Gambling Devices
1948
Destroying slot machines and other illegal gambling devices at Law Park. From L to R: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigaret tax division; John R. Arnold, former sheriff of Dane Cou...
Smashing Slot Machines
June 10, 1935
Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, using a sledge hammer to smash a confiscated slot machine, with Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson looking on.
Smashing Slot Machines
June 10, 1935
Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson is opening confiscated slot machines to extract money, and Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, is smashing other confiscated slot machines in the basement of the ...
Children's Toy Exhibit
December 1948
Two girls looking at dolls on a table. Caption reads: "Exhibit of children's toys. About Christmas, 1948."
Wisconsin Central Lockheed 10A
1948
A Wisconsin Central Airlines pilot walking toward a twin-engine Lockheed 10A airplane parked on the runway at Truax Field.
Truax Field
1948
Workmen overhauling the engine of a Wisconsin Central airplane in the airline hangar at Truax Field. Formerly known as Madison Municipal Airport, the field was taken over by the government during W...
