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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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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.
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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.
Wisconsin Center Art Auction
March 30, 1971
Poster advertising the Wisconsin Center Art Auction (formerly Art on the Park). The proceeds of the auction provided scholarship funds.
Joseph Y. Trevey Estate For Sale
May 31, 1860
A broadside titled, "A Valuable Estate In Rockbridge County, VA., For Sale At Public Auction," regarding the sale of Joseph Trevey's estate.
Auction Sale on the Leo Melcher Farm
1889
Broadside advertising an auction on the Leo Melcher farm. Items for sale included livestock, feed and crops, farm machinery, and household items including a pool table.
Cream Separator Auction and Display at Indiana State Fair
1937
A cream separator is up for auction as part of a display of McCormick-Deering dairy equipment at the Indiana State Fair. Additional farm equipment is in the background and decorative pennants and f...
Petition for postponing the publication of delinquent lands for sale in 1863
1863
Petitioners state that the printing of lists of land tax sales is too costly, amounting to over $3,000. They wish Douglas County to be authorized to postpone such tax sale publications until Septem...
