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Fairgrounds Harness Race

Date: 07 14 1944
Description: One horse and racer on the track in front of the judges stand during a harness race at a fairgrounds. Signs visible promote county fairs in Darlington and ...
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Two Men Racing Horses on Racetrack

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Description: Elevated view from grandstand of one sulky driver and horse leading another in a race. The judges booth is on the other side of the track near a tall tree.
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Men Racing Horses on Racetrack

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Description: Racehorses and jockeys rounding the bend in the racetrack. In the background is the grandstand on the left, and the judges booth in the center near a tall ...
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World Series, Man Coming Off Fire Ladder

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Milwaukee County Stadium on the day of the first game of the 1958 World Series, between the Milwaukee Braves and the New York Yankees. A man is being lower...
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World Series, Men Around Fire Engine

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Milwaukee County Stadium on the day of the first game of the 1958 World Series, between the Milwaukee Braves and the New York Yankees. Fire fighters and po...
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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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Madison Bicycle Safety Week Parade

Date: 07 22 1952
Description: Fourteen-year old Darlene Kripps, center, is the winner of the award for best costume and decorated bike in the Bicycle Safety Week parade. Standing at her...
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Madison Police Department Fingerprint Booth

Date: 06 1936
Description: The Madison Police Department Fingerprint Booth at the Wisconsin Centennial Industrial Exposition held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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Police Judo Instructions

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Description: A man is thrown into the air by another man during judo instruction at the YMCA.
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Police Training in Judo

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Description: A man throws another man onto the mat during judo instruction at the YMCA.
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Judo Instruction for Police

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Description: Elevated view of police students pairing up to try a move during judo instruction at the YMCA.
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Warming Up for Judo

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Description: A police student helps another student warm up for judo instruction at the YMCA as another man supervises.
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Police with Riot Sticks

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Description: Waukesha police recruits practice using riot sticks.
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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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People in Line for the Bernie Sanders Rally

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: View across barriers towards a line of men and women waiting outside the Kohl Center to get into the Bernie Sanders Rally. A police officer is standing at ...
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"Bernie Sanders, The People's Choice!" Lawn Sign

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: A lawn sign sitting in front of the Kohl Center reads: "Bernie Sanders 2016, The People's Choice!" In the background a line of people are waiting to enter ...
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Police and Firemen's Show

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Firemen practice demonstrating the rescue of people from a burning building with an aerial ladder. They are preparing for the Police and Fireman's show at ...
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We Saw You . . . at Water Follies

Date: 08 1955
Description: Water comedian, Eddie Rose, of the Sam Snyder's Water Follies performing his routine jumping off a high-level diving board during a show at Breese Stevens ...
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Police Judo Instruction, YMCA Madison

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Description: A man holds another man's arm in an immobilizing hold. The second man appears to grimace in pain. Other men are standing and watching in the background.

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