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Police Officer with Pedestrian

Date: 1900
Description: Police officer helping a young woman cross the street.
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Alimony Payment

Date: 09 19 1958
Description: County worker collects alimony payment from an ex-husband.
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen McCabe

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Mary Ellen McCabe, 1954 Alice in Dairyland, enters State Fair Park in her official convertible, escorted by police officers on Harley-Davidson motorcycles ...
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Alice in Dairyland with Luci Baines Johnson

Date: 08 16 1964
Description: Beth Bartosh of Burlington, the 1964 Alice in Dairyland, walks along the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, accompanied by a large group of people, incl...
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Judge Vel Phillips

Date: 1971
Description: Portrait of Vel Phillips in her judges's black robe with an American flag behind her. She was the 13th District Children's Court judge, the first woman and...
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Windy Street Scene

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Description: A street scene with pedestrians and police officer on a windy day in downtown Milwaukee.
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Women and Girls in front of Church

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Description: A group of women and girls wearing white dresses and waving American flags are standing at the curb in front of a church. Three police officers are standin...
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Crowd at Sporting Event

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Description: View from track towards a crowd of men, women, and children in front of and behind a fence at a sporting event. On the left, a man who is possibly a police...
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Vel Phillips Speaking with Arthur Goldberg

Date: 04 08 1961
Description: Vel Phillips stands while speaking with Arthur Goldberg, former Secretary of Labor and, at the time of the photograph, Supreme Court Justice. Another man c...
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Waiting at the Courthouse

Date: 1955
Description: Unidentified people waiting or conferring, possibly lawyer and clients at a courthouse.
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Police Accident Report

Date: 10 16 1955
Description: Burkie West and his grandaughter Catherine West answer a police officer's questions after their automobile was hit by a train. Both incurred minor injuries...
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Walker's Point Neighborhood Funeral

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Description: View down a snowy street. Men and women, one with a baby, are bundled up against the snowy winter weather, and are lining both sides of the street. Carriag...
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Milwaukee March

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of a group of people marching in the street with Father James Groppi. There is a man driving a Milwaukee police vehicle in front, and one man...
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News Vans Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View down street towards three news vans sitting outside the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, a building adjacent to the Milwaukee Theater which is hosting the ...
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Line of People at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A line of men and women standing and waiting to enter the Republican presidential debate. A police motorcycle is parked next to the line.
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Security at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: An African-American police officer in the foreground is talking on a phone or walkie-talkie while he is surveying the line of men and women waiting to ent...
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Police and News Stations Vehicles at the Democratic Presidential Debates

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: Two police officers are sitting in a police car near the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union, which is hosting the Democratic presidential debate. Seve...
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Anti-Police Violence Protest

Date: 1975
Description: Protestors marching in protest of police violence.
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Officers Lois Amsler and Linda Reaves

Date: 08 27 1987
Description: Two police officers posing together outdoors. Caption reads: "Officers Lois Amsler (left) and Linda Reaves offer advice on personal safety."
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First Woman Meter Maid

Date: 06 11 1970
Description: A uniformed female officer writing in a book, as a uniformed male officer is smiling and looking on over her shoulder. A parking meter is in the foreground...

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