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Larceny Trial

Date: 11 19 1951
Description: Corporal Don Price Jr., Truax Field soldier, is shown at far right as he pleads guilty to larceny charges involving credit union funds in Superior Court. A...
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Beheaded Criminals in China

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Description: A view of four beheaded men lying on the ground with a group of officers standing behind, posing for the camera. A man to the left in the central group hol...
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Public Hanging in Korea

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Description: A view of men's bodies hanging from poles. People are watching from behind. Caption reads: "Public Hanging in Korea."
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Wyoming Prison Escapee

Date: 06 26 1953
Description: Portrait of Tracy Ukena, a Wyoming prison escapee, sentenced to a three-year prison term by Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone in the U.S. District Court. He h...
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Golgotha and the Crucifixion #1700

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Jesus, along with two other men, are on crosses. On the left is a group of men. One soldier wearing armor...
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Golgotha and the Crucifixion #1701

Date: 1893
Description: Jesus is hanging on the cross, while a soldier wearing armor points at him. Other soldiers are present, some riding horses. A group of people on the right ...
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Ex-Convicts Confess to Robbery

Date: 12 09 1953
Description: Assistant District Attorney Robert I. Perina (left) hearing the confessions of Douglas R. Wright of Baraboo and William G. Lavine of St. Louis. The two rob...
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Barron County Bank Robbers

Date: 03 24 1954
Description: U.S. Marshal Ray Schoonover leaves a hearing in Federal Court with Paul S. Hauser (left), accused of a bank hold-up in Barron County.
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Barron County Bank Robbers

Date: 03 24 1954
Description: Elizabeth H. Pady leaves a hearing in Federal Court. She was accused of a bank holdup in Barron County.
Print

"The Shadow Returns" Lobby Card

Date: 1946
Description: Lobby card for the Monogram film "The Shadow Returns," featuring stars Kane Richmond and Barbara Reed, as well as an image of The Shadow punching a crimina...
Print

"The Shadow Returns" Lobby Card

Date: 1946
Description: Lobby card for the Monogram film "The Shadow Returns," featuring a colorized still of The Shadow punching a criminal.
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Louis Maniacci Mug Shot

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Description: A strip of three mug shots of Louis Maniacci, prisoner 22846.
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James Gumina Mug Shot

Date: 09 05 1934
Description: A strip of three mug shots of James Gumina, prisoner 21855.
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Isadore Crupi Mug Shot

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Description: A strip of three mug shots of Isadore Crupi, prisoner 23115.
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Michael Caruso Mug Shot

Date: 12 21 1934
Description: A strip of three mug shots of Michael Caruso, prisoner 22055.
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"Sylvia of the Secret Service" Movie Still

Date: 1917
Description: Still from the 1917 Pathé movie "Sylvia of the Secret Service," featuring Irene Castle (playing Sylvia Carroll), captured by the villains.
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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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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.
Poster

Wanted Poster

Date: 1920
Description: A paste-up of a wanted poster created to identify Frank Lambert and his aliases and crimes. A series of 14 poses of Lambert dressed in a suit and hat, smok...
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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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