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| Date: | 03 30 1958 |
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| Description: | Notice of farm auction sale for farm and personal property of Ed Gein. The farmhouse was destroyed by fire before the auction took place. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of photographers being instructed on how to shoot a crime scene. A teacher is demonstrating photographic techniques while a group of students... |
| Date: | 11 21 1956 |
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| Description: | Uniformed police officers looking over a laid out map with potential escape routes. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Threatening note signed "K.K.K." (Ku Klux Klan) with rock and rag that was thrown through Daisy Bates' window in August 1957. The note reads: "The next wil... |
| Date: | 07 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Bette Lou Becker and Jeanne Lamoreaux, from the Wisconsin Historical Society, model and admire the vest of Charles C.P. Arndt. Arndt was shot through the c... |
| Date: | 11 17 1947 |
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| Description: | Alleged killers after confessing to the murder of two people. Seated are Buford Sennett, Richland Center, and Robert Winslow, Owen, standing behind them i... |
| Date: | 03 24 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "The East Village Other," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon bomb on top of a pile of money. The headline reads, "Booming the Economy."... |
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| Description: | "Little Rock's 'Lady' of the Year", a flyer distributed by racists in Little Rock, illustrated by her 1946 police mug shot and arrest record. The text char... |
| Date: | 12 1910 |
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| Description: | Photograph hanging on the wall of the family cabin of John F. Deitz. The glass of the picture was broken by a bullet piercing the walls between the logs in... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun on display. A sign on the right identifies it as a 20mm anti-aircraft gun manufactured by the Pontiac Motor Division. |
| Date: | 02 15 1952 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon W. Thompson sitting at his desk while signing an endorsement of the Madison observance of Crime Prevention Week. The nati... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Two images of the "family" of Virginia. Above depicts a happy, prosperous "family" at the Declaration of Independence in 1776. A banner with the stars and ... |
| Date: | 04 29 1865 |
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| Description: | Illustrations on the "National Police Gazette" front page depicting various events regarding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with an atomic bomb exploding with "Joy, Peace, Health, Happiness and Good Will" flying out of it. Below is the verse: "The atom bomb brings g... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Forged labels imitating United States Government Revenue stamps seized by Prohibition Officers. The labels were used by bootleggers to make customers belie... |
| Date: | 06 28 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 31 1862 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a printed broadside, Public Order No. 1., issued by The Committee of Safety. The first order appears to be addressing some kind of dangerous ... |
| Date: | 09 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers in the lower left look at a map. Behind them is what remains of the Brest Post Office. Just under the decorative stone cornice at the top is t... |
| Date: | 11 24 1963 |
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| Description: | Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Dallas: This is the complete negative of the dramatic scene captured by Times Herald Staff Photographe... |
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| Description: | Guidelines prepared and distributed as a public service by the Council For Public Safety in New York, NY. A pamphlet survival guide for visitors to the cit... |
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