Photograph
Smashing Illegal Gambling Devices
| 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 County and deputy U.S. Marshal; Sam Swenson, Harold Schaurer, L.D. Lewis and J.G. McClellan, investigators with the state beverage and cigaret tax division and F.J. Mattingly, senior investigator. |
| Image ID: | 41345 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1948 |
| Creator Name: | Newhouse, John |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s |
| Genre: | Photograph |
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| Public destruction of illegal gambling devices was required by law. Similar photograph published in the "Wisconsin State Journal" on June 18, 1948. |
| Hammers |
| Cities and towns |
| Law enforcement |
| Police |
| Machinery |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Public officers |
| Gambling |
| Clothing and dress |
| Hats |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Parks |
| Lakes |
| Shorelines |
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