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Portrait of Madison Police Officer

Date: 07 08 1952
Description: Portrait of a Madison police officer in uniform.
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Madison Police Chief

Date: 11 29 1958
Description: Portrait of Madison police chief Bruce Weatherly.
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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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Madison City Gas, Light and Coke Company

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Description: Eight men, including a police officer, pose in front of the Madison City Gas, Light and Coke Company building.
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Franklin Trostle

Date: 1930
Description: Madison Police Chief Frank Trostle. Trostle served as police chief from 1925-1930.
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Madison Detectives with "Night Hawk" Burglars

Date: 07 28 1948
Description: Madison detectives quiz two men who have confessed to having committed fifteen burglaries in the Madison area. Left to right: Vann Millege Kidd, Texarkana,...
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Henry Chapman Baker

Date: 1900
Description: Quarter-length engraving of Henry Baker in profile. Baker was police chief of Madison from 1897-1907.
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We Saw You . . . at Safety Patrol Yule Party

Date: 12 28 1960
Description: The 6th annual Madison school safety patrol Christmas party is held at the Strand Theater. The children are entertained by cartoons and a comedy feature fi...
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Jimmy Demetral Demonstrating Judo Hold

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Jimmy Demetral, Madison wrestler, throwing Officer Keith Ackley as part of a five-week course in ju-jitsu for 55 officers of the Madison Police Department.
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City of Madison & U.W. Police Graduates

Date: 08 1955
Description: Sixteen new Madison policemen and three U.W. officers receiving their diplomas at a graduation ceremony held at the City of Madison Police Academy School. ...
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Jimmy Demetral Demonstrating Ju-Jitsu Hold

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Jimmy Demetral, Madison wrestler, teaching Officer Robert O'Brien to do an "airplane spin" toss on Officer Keith Ackley. Fifty-five Madison Police Departme...
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Belgian Criminal Investigator

Date: 10 03 1950
Description: Madison police chief Bruce Weatherly (left) explains how Madison police fight crimes to visiting internationally-famous Belgian criminal investigator Flour...
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Jesse Smith at the Police Desk

Date: 10 12 1931
Description: Jesse Smith is on the job as desk sergeant at the Madison Police Department.
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Father - Son Police Officers

Date: 03 02 1947
Description: Madison Police Officer, Rufus Haralson, and his son, Duane C. Haralson, a recently appointed police officer. They are the second father-son combination to ...
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Madison Police Department Records Center

Date: 04 07 1954
Description: A force of sixty-eight civilians is employed by the Madison police department to aid and supplement the city's one hundred forty-five police officers. Many...
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Madison Police Chief Bruce Weatherly Investigation Before City Council Committee

Date: 02 05 1959
Description: A Madison City Council investigative committee explores a traffic accident involving Police Chief Bruce Weatherly and witnesses' claims that he was under t...
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David Couper

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Description: Madison Police Chief David Couper in his office with posters of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the left, and Mahatma Gandhi on the right.
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Loganville Bank Robbery

Date: 02 24 1947
Description: Madison Police Officers (left to right): John Sweeney; Ervin Grahn; and George Cross; pictured at the Madison Police Station garage in front of a bank robb...
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Two Police Officers

Date: 04 21 1932
Description: Portrait of Police Officer Earl V. Bonner, the shortest man on the Madison police force, who joined in 1928, and Romain W. York Jr., the tallest man on the...
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Madison Police Department Boat

Date: 04 27 1951
Description: Marine servicemen Al Reque and John Daugherty preparing one of Madison Police Department's two boats for emergency service on the city lakes, with police o...

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