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John P. O'Connor

Date: 07 16 1958
Description: Window-breaker John O'Connor, 18, with Detective Kennety Hartwich in court. He pleaded guilty to smashing $2,210 worth of front windows at 14 State Street ...
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Allied Soldier in Brest

Date: 09 18 1944
Description: Allied soldier posing in Brest, France, in front of a bombed-out building, smoking a cigarette. The street is covered with rubble.
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Son Gets Six-Month Term for Beating Up Father

Date: 12 04 1958
Description: Herbert Hilgendorf was sentenced to six months in jail for beating his father, Louis Hilgendorf, a town of Roxbury farmer.
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Buna Immediately After Capture

Date: 01 02 1943
Description: Handwritten on the back of the print, "Buna, immediately after capture by Yanks and Aussies." Two men stand in the center amid the destruction of the jungl...
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Crime Re-enactment

Date: 04 23 1986
Description: This image was captured during the re-enactment of a crime that took place at a convenience store on Tuesday, April 22nd, 1986. The killing of Andrew N. Ne...
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Crime Re-enactment

Date: 04 23 1986
Description: This image was captured during the re-enactment of a crime that took place at a convenience store on Tuesday, April 22nd, 1986. The killing of Andrew N. Ne...
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Outdoor News Portrait of Timothy Vick

Date: 09 23 1959
Description: Outdoor news portrait of Timothy Vick of 3957 North 63rd Street, Milwaukee. News photo made in connection with a murder case; the murderer, going door-to-d...
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William Desmond scene still for "Bare-Fisted Gallagher"

Date: 1919
Description: Bare-fisted Gallagher (played by William Desmond) stands in full Western costume (cowboy hat, plaid shirt, bandana neckerchief, charro chaps, leather wrist...
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Stolen Merchandise Confiscated

Date: 02 29 1960
Description: Detectives identifying stacks of stolen merchandise confiscated from a home on Ohio Avenue. Left to right: William Taylor, Frank Freney, and Capt. Thomas N...
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Police with Riot Sticks

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Description: Waukesha police recruits practice using riot sticks.
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Young Man in Automobile

Date: 1933
Description: View through passenger side window of a young man seated at the steering wheel of an automobile involved in a shooting case.
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Mickey Hayes Murder Trial

Date: 09 20 1960
Description: Jon (Mickey) Hayes, left, sitting at a table during the first day of his double-murder trail for killing his father and another man. Shown with his attorne...
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Mickey Hayes Murder Trial

Date: 09 20 1960
Description: Portrait of Circuit Judge Russell E. Hanson, presiding judge at the Jon (Mickey) Hayes double murder trial. Hayes is accused of shooting his father and ano...
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Mickey Hayes Murder Trial

Date: 09 20 1960
Description: Sharon Ackerman testifying at the Mickey Hayes murder trial. She attended a party at the Hayes family home and witnessed Mickey's demeanor change from calm...
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"Riot in Cell Block 11" Production Still

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Description: Actor Neville Brand, director Don Siegel, and another actor joke around on the set of the film "Riot in Cell Block 11." Brand holds Siegel as the other act...
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State Office Building Bomb Threat

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Mrs. Georgia Russell, an accountant in the State Motor Vehicle Department, displaying the mail bag and bomb package that were involved in an unsuccessful a...
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Double-Homicide Suspect

Date: 2012
Description: Press conference podium area in the City Hall for a double-homicide case, with main suspect (later convicted), Jeffrey Lepsch, pictured twice. American and...
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Stolen Safe from Holmes Tire and Supply Company

Date: 03 02 1961
Description: Safe robbers escaped with $1,000 in cash, $2,000 in checks, and several wrist watches when they stole a large safe from the Holmes Tire and Supply Company ...
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Mrs. Marie Richter

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: Mrs. Marie Richter stands trial for extorting $500 from a former Blue River farmer.
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Police Judo Class

Date: 03 01 1961
Description: An instructor demonstrating a Judo technique for disarming a person with a gun.

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