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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Destroying slot machines and other illegal gambling devices at Law Park. From L to R: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigaret tax division; ... |
| Date: | 06 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Onlookers near a pond at the Retriever Dog Field Trials in Vilas Park. James Simpson, Jr., of Chicago, one of the judges, has his hand upraised to signal; ... |
| Date: | 07 24 1947 |
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| Description: | Dane County Judge Fred Evans inspecting Pierre Slightam's racer, the Doodlebug, in his role as chief judge for the Derby. A dog is standing nearby. |
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| Description: | Civil rights group meeting in field at Highlander Lake. Fifth from the left, Charlotte Meacham, American Friends Service Committee, former Highlander stud... |
| Date: | 06 14 1948 |
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| Description: | The California varsity crew is shown defeating the Wisconsin varsity crew. The finish judge and boat are shown in the upper right. The elevated view was ta... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Warden Kramer and his assistant in a boat removing an illegal snag line from the Wolf River. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Warden Kramer and an assistant hold up confiscated sturgeon caught with illegal snag lines. |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the north branch extension canal on the Susquehanna river, surrounded by smaller renderings of structures of interest around the town in... |
| Date: | 01 12 1952 |
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| Description: | Carol Jean Brown, the six-year-old daughter of Donald and Eugenia Brown, 2917 Monroe Street, fell through the ice on the Lake Wingra lagoon near Arbor Driv... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas during a canoe trip with conservationist Sigurd F. Olson. He is sitting with his hat in hand beside a canoe pulled... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View across river toward the exterior of the prison, with the central tower and wings. A boat sits at the dock on the far shoreline, and a large smokestack... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of prisoners posing by the washing well, in a courtyard. Some of the men wear hats. Wooden doors of a building are on the right. Caption read... |
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| Description: | Two views, one of a ferry and the other of a chain gang. The ferry operator poses with a man in his carriage on the ferry, with trees in the background. Th... |
| Date: | 06 05 1957 |
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| Description: | New Madison police rescue boat, in operation on Lake Wingra, is shown in its boat lift at Knickerbocker Street boat livery. Sgt. Robert Ferris (left) and P... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Caption below the illustration reads, "ON A CHICAGO BEACH in 1922 policewomen, patrolling the sands on behalf of morality, confront three offenders." Two p... |
| Date: | 03 28 1960 |
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| Description: | While en route from Oregon prison farm to Oscar Mayer and Co., three cows were frightened by an ambulance siren on the 700 block of West Washington Avenue ... |
| Date: | 03 28 1960 |
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| Description: | While en route from Oregon prison farm to Oscar Mayer and Co., three cows were frightened by an ambulance siren on the 700 block of West Washington Avenue ... |
| Date: | 06 14 1960 |
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| Description: | A number of children and husbands of YWCA members gathering while the YWCA has its annual garden tea in the garden of Sybil Hanks at 525 Wisconsin Avenue. ... |
| Date: | 12 07 1962 |
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| Description: | The car of Californian Charles E. Reid lying submerged in Lake Wingra at the end of Knickerbocker Street after a police chase resulting from him holding up... |
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