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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.
Grinding Wheel at Gisholt Machine Company
Close-up of an industrial grinding wheel throwing sparks at the Gisholt Machine Company.
Man Welding Machine at Gisholt Factory
A man is welding on a large machine inside the Gisholt factory. On the right a crane is holding another section of the machine.
Workers Pouring Molten Metal at Gisholt Machine Company
Workers pouring liquid metal from large cauldrons at the Gisholt Machine Company foundry.
Man Welding Machine at Gisholt Factory
A man is welding on a large machine inside the Gisholt factory. On the right a crane is holding another section of the machine.
Operator of a Rod Cutting Machine at Gisholt Machine Company
Elevated view of a worker supervising a rod cutting machine at the Gisholt Machine Company factory.
Sid Boyum in Printing Room at Gisholt Machine Company
Sid sitting and posing by the print dryer near the darkroom at Gisholt with a cigar in his mouth.
