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| 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: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Henry Peck, the "bad boy" played by Jackie Coogan, is caught with his hand in the apple barrel by a police officer in this scene still from the silent film... |
| Date: | 06 23 1954 |
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| Description: | Madison Fire Chief Edward Page, left, and Police Chief Bruce Weatherly hold the new Chief's Trophy that will go to the winner of an upcoming police-fireman... |
| Date: | 08 05 1954 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin law professor George Young (left) and assistant professor James B. MacDonald, along with University police officer Dwight Brown, pl... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Congressman David Obey introduces a local resident (back to camera), to President Jimmy Carter. Many photographers stand around the edge of the group and a... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | A group of pro-life demonstrators holding protest signs assembled to greet President Jimmy Carter during a visit to Wausau. The group is confined behind ba... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | President Jimmy Carter's visit meant extra duty for the local police force. An elevated sign in the background reads "Newman High School, Welcome, Peace Pr... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Lobby card for the Monogram film "The Shadow Returns," featuring several characters on a patio investigating a body that has just fallen from the roof. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Jack Conway stands before the desk sergeant in a police station in a scene still from the one reel silent film "Added Fuel" (Reliance 1915). |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Safecrackers (yeggmen) hired by Sterling, a corrupt Wall Street broker, are caught in the act by the newspaper reporter Dick Carson (played by W. E. Lawren... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Stirling, the corrupt Wall Street broker, is confronted by Mr. Berry (played by W. H. Brown in a top hat) in the climax of the 1915 Reliance one-reel silen... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Murphy the cop (played by Fred Mace) kneels as he is tormented by his wife (Dot Farley) who chokes him with one hand and raps him on the head with the othe... |
| Date: | 01 19 1956 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a police officer and three ladies with an exercise bicycle at Washington School. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Storefronts along a city street, including a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership, and a Western Union Telegraph office. A cart loaded with bund... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Bobbie Ale, 'Nips' Wisconsin Pioneer Ale, Two Rivers Beverage Co." At the center of ... |
| Date: | 06 11 1956 |
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| Description: | Two men look on as a third man crouches to apply a Goodrich Tire sticker to the back of a (Ford) police car. One of the men looking on is wearing a police ... |
| Date: | 02 1983 |
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| Description: | "Police officer, Bill Poellot, shows off his police dog to Cliff Dogs, Neil Coulter, Gordon Loehrke, and Lynn Zimmel." |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Composite photograph of an elevated view of an anti-Vietnam War protest at the intersection of Lake and State Streets looking east up State Street. A large... |
| Date: | 01 23 1953 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the new officers of the Madison Policemen's Protective Association auxiliary. Seated from left to right: Mary Tiedt, president and Janis ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi (center) and the NAACP participate in a civil rights march. Police are armed and escorting the protestors. The marchers are passing an ... |
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