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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Front Yard Wis State Prison." Landscaped yard with plants in urns on the lawn near a path in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Front Yard Wis State Prison Waupun Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the county jail in Sturgeon Bay. Caption reads: "New County Jail, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." |
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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... |
| 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." |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the Waupun State Prison. Caption reads: "State Prison, Waupun, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the exterior of the theater. There are posters in front of the entrance. A current attraction is George Fawcett in "The Frame... |
| 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: | 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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| Description: | View across road towards the gray stone reformatory. Caption reads: "State Reformatory, Green Bay, Wis." |
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| Description: | View from street towards the county jail (and likely the county courthouse) surrounded by a fence. Caption reads: "County Jail, Hayward, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of the courthouse with a clock tower above the entrance. Saplings are on the lawn. Caption reads: "Court House and Jail, Jefferson, Wis." |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Police Department building. Automobiles are parked in front near parking meters. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the front gate at the Wisconsin State Prison, taken from inside the prison grounds. In the foreground is the walkway to the gate ... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Entrance to Prison, Waupun, Wis." Main entrance of the Waupun State Prison, built in 1854. Beyond the prison gates is the tower of th... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun, Wis." Gothic Revival buildings at the prison, built in 1854 of limestone, with a lawn and trees. The ... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun, Wis." Gothic Revival buildings at the prison, built in 1854 of limestone, with ornate towers. A lawn,... |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Waupun Correctional Institution." On reverse: "Waupun Correctional Institution. Located two blocks from Main Street on Madison Street... |
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