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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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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.
Cardinal Hand Laundry
April 18, 1934
Interior of the Cardinal Hand Laundry, 619 State Street. Two women are ironing, while another woman is folding clothes while under the attention of their male supervisor.
Varsity Hand Laundry Employees
May 17, 1934
Interior of the Varsity Hand Laundry, located at 527 State Street. There are four women ironing, and several workers are standing behind them. A sign in the background reads: "We Appreciate Your Bu...
Three F Laundry
June 6, 1930
Two women operating the Purity Sun Ray System pressing iron at Three F Steam Laundry, 731 E. Dayton Street.
Nettie Livingston
June 8, 1934
Outdoor portrait of Nettie Livingston, 1205 Vilas Avenue, who works as a maid at Wisconsin General Hospital, hopes to win a vacation at the Bowman House, a haven for working women over 45, in the W...
Quality Laundry Service Building
April 28, 1935
Quality Laundry Service building at 10 N. Charter Street. Sign reads: "Wet Wash, Rough Dry."
Men Greasing Cars
July 1, 1927
Men greasing cars in the Klean Rite Auto Laundry, located at 739 East Mifflin Street.
