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Derailed Railcars

Date: 09 22 1997
Description: "A Channel 6 reporter-photographer interviews Dodge County Sheriff, Stephen Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald coordinated security around the crash scene."
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William P. Lyon

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Description: Waist-up portrait of William Penn Lyon, a Wisconsin attorney, state legislator, and State Supreme Court justice (1871-1894). During the Civil War William P...
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David Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right, in the blue shirt) touring the 9/11 Ground Zero site with an unidentified FBI official, Joan Obey, and an unide...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (center) at the World Trade Center Ground Zero a few days after 9/11. Obey was there as the ranking Democrat on the Hou...
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David and Joan Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right), with Joan Obey and an unidentified FBI agent, touring the World Trade Center site shortly after the 9/11 attac...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, wearing a blue shirt, is standing in the foreground. Behind him, also in a blue shirt, is Florida Congressman Bill You...
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Portrait of a Police Officer

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a police officer in uniform.
Print

Luther Dixon

Date: 1865
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Luther Swift Dixon at age 40.
Print

Henry Chapman Baker

Date: 1900
Description: Quarter-length engraving of Henry Baker in profile. Baker was police chief of Madison from 1897-1907.
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Minnesota State Supreme Court Justice

Date: 01 20 2014
Description: Minnesota State Supreme Court Justice Alan Page posing for a portrait. He was the featured speaker on Martin Luther King Day at Viterbo University. Formerl...
Poster

Horlick's Malted Milk For The Seven Ages

Date: 1900
Description: This advertisement features drawings of Shakespeare's Seven Ages beginning at the top left with: 'The Infant — "Perdita" Winter's Tale,' 'The Schoolboy — "...
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Wisconsin Circuit Court

Date: 1895
Description: Wisconsin Supreme Court in session at the second hearing of the trial of Emery, Lord and Houston for murder. The case also had two Circuit Court hearings.<...
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Arthur Loomis Sanborn

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Description: Waist-up seated portrait of Judge Arthur Loomis Sanborn.
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David Couper

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Description: Madison Police Chief David Couper in his office with posters of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the left, and Mahatma Gandhi on the right.
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The Prison Camp

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Three men standing guard in front of a building which is part of a prison camp in France. A sign on the building reads: "Post de Police." Caption reads: "E...
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David A. Clarke, Jr.

Date: 08 05 2016
Description: David A. Clarke Jr., Sheriff of Milwaukee County, standing at a podium ready to address the audience at the Donald Trump rally. He is wearing a plaid butto...
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Antwerp Police Station

Date: 1914
Description: Antwerp police in front of a guard house.
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Jose Angel Gutierrez

Date: 06 12 1976
Description: Casual outdoor portrait of Judge Jose Angel Gutierrez of Zabala County, Texas. He was attending the Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Polici...
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Pat Lucey Meets with U.S. Prisoners in Mexico

Date: 03 15 1978
Description: Patrick J. Lucey, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, visiting U.S. prisoners being held at Jalisco State Penitentiary in Mexico.
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Franklin Gilson

Date: 1883
Description: Photograph of an oil painting portrait of Franklin Leander Gilson, a lawyer, judge, and Republican politician. Painting was made by Robert Schade in 1883, ...

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