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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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Working on a Chain-Gang

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Description: African American prison inmates working on a road chain-gang in Florida or Georgia.
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Four Men and a Shot Gun

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Description: One man armed with a shotgun, facing a man in the doorway of a log house, and surrounded by four other men standing in the snow, also a horse and sleigh.
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Vandalism at Evergreen Hill Cemetery

Date: 08 16 1948
Description: Vandalized tombstone following a beer party held in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, on June 12, 1948.
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Vandalism at Evergreen Hill Cemetery

Date: 08 16 1948
Description: Vandalized tombstone following a beer party held in Evergreen Hill Cemetery on June 12.
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Ray Case And Bloodhound

Date: 05 06 1949
Description: Ray Case, former County Traffic Officer, walks down a cobblestone walkway with his bloodhound, Bounding Bessie. The dog was used to trail an escaped jewel ...
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Sadie Jackson Murder

Date: 07 10 1949
Description: Storefront of the Norris Court Grocery, 912 East Johnson Street, the site where Sadie Jackson died after being shot by alleged murderer George "Butch" King...
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Myles Standish Statue

Date: 1892
Description: Close-up of a statue of Captain Myles Standish, a military leader of the Plymouth Colony. Begun in 1892, the statue depicts Standish grasping his sword in...
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Russ Murder-Suicide

Date: 06 28 1954
Description: James Quinn, witness of the events leading to the murder and suicide of Doris Russ and Guy Russ, talks to either police investigator John Henry or newspape...

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