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Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
Daniel Chester French
Portrait of Daniel C. French, sculptor of the figure, "Wisconsin" which graces the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. French met George Post at the Columbian Exposition where Post's figure of...
Karl Bitter
Portrait of Karl Bitter, sculptor of "Wealth" and other statuary for the Wisconsin State Capitol.
George B. Post
Waist-up portrait of George B. Post, whose architectural firm designed the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol building.
South Pediment
South Pediment, called "The Virtues and Traits of Character," by the sculptor Adolph Weinman. One of four groups of granite statuary on the exterior of the Wisconsin State Capitol. The central fema...
Capitol Facade
Wisconsin State Capitol south facade, pediment designed by Adolph A. Weinman.
Attilio Piccirilli
Portrait of Attilio Piccirilli, sculptor of many figures adorning the Wisconsin State Capitol. Attilio was one of several brothers who operated a stonecarving business in New York city.
