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| Description: | View of the Green Lake County Courthouse and Jail. The courthouse, built in 1899, features stairs leading to a central pavilion. The jail can be seen to th... |
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| Description: | View of the Green Lake County Courthouse and Jail. Two children stand on the steps of the jail, built in 1869. The courthouse, built in 1863, is on the rig... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Harry Houdini in a scene from the silent motion picture, "The Grim Game." |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking out across town buildings to a plain beyond. The Hill County Jail can be seen to the right of the main street; it was constructed in ... |
| Date: | 08 05 1942 |
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| Description: | Four women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. One woman is thumbing her nose at the camera. The arrest w... |
| Date: | 07 05 1942 |
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| Description: | Seven women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution. |
| Date: | 12 30 1912 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcardview from across a street of the exterior of the new two-story brick jail. Caption reads: "New Jail, Alma, Wis." |
| Date: | 08 05 1942 |
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| Description: | Five women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution. |
| Date: | 08 05 1942 |
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| Description: | John M. Califano, operator of the Blackhawk Bar, as he was fingerprinted on Wednesday by FBI agent (face blacked out) at the Iron County jail, following a ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of Athens City Hall, built in 1903-1904, featuring a central dome and clock tower. A water tower can be seen beyond the city jail to the left. |
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| Description: | Letterhead on blue paper of the Waushara County Clerk's office, with a three-quarter halftone view of the county courthouse and jail and the Waushara Count... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the exterior of the County Jail surrounded by a lawn. A sidewalk leads to wide stone steps that rise up to an arched entrance... |
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| Description: | This map is pen-and-ink on tracing paper with a mounted legend and shows the Kickapoo River, Indian mounds, the 1st Fort Crawford, an Indian Agency, the si... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the county jail. Caption reads: "La Crosse County Jail, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the jail. Caption reads: "Juneau County Jail, Mauston, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Richland Co. Jail, Richland Center, Wis." A large, ornate, brick and stone building surrounded by lawns and sidewalks. There is a tow... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Door Co. Jail and Courthouse. Sturgeon Bay, Wis." The second courthouse built in 1878 of brick in the Italianate style. There is a w... |
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