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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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Vandalism at Evergreen Hill Cemetery in Middleton

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

Date: 08 16 1948
Description: Vandalized tombstone following a beer party held in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Middleton, on June 12, 1948.
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Safe Burglary Sentencing

Date: 12 09 1948
Description: Three men in court with their attorney listen to their sentences for stealing the Durfee Brothers Roofing Company safe. From right are Louis and Kenneth Di...
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Emmett Till's Mother

Date: 09 03 1955
Description: Mamie Till Bradley, the mother of Emmett Till, weeps during his funeral. The 14-year-old Till was murdered while visiting relatives in Mississippi for alle...
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Crime Prevention Week Declaration

Date: 02 15 1952
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...
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Joy, Peace, Health, Happiness and Good Will

Date: 1942
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...
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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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Traffic Patrolman James Jantz' Funeral

Date: 08 24 1961
Description: Mrs. James C. Jantz, wife of the slain policeman, holding the arm of her mother, Mrs. Roger Keith, and leaning on the shoulder of her brother, Jerome Boyer...
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Traffic Patrolman, James Jantz' Funeral

Date: 08 24 1961
Description: A relative, left, tries to comfort Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jantz, parents of slain policeman James C. Jantz, at their son's graveside after the funeral servi...
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Letter From Pat Weaver

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Description: A handwritten letter by Pat Weaver to Fred Wile addressing a television producer's responsibility to the audience regarding crime and violence.
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Examining Vandalized Tombstones

Date: 05 21 1979
Description: Two women are standing between rows of gravestones in a cemetery. Some of the gravestones have been knocked over. One woman is pointing over her shoulder w...

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