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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.
Workman with Jackhammer
November 6, 1928
Man with jackhammer making street repairs with an air hammer with compressor. Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Co. Saunders Grocery store is across the street at 733 University Avenue.
Workman and Truck
November 6, 1928
Man with air hammer working on a road near a parked truck.
Unloading Refrigerators
August 8, 1928
Men unloading Frigidaire refrigerators from truck.
Road Oil Spraying Tank Truck
January 25, 1929
A tank truck that sprays road oil is parked in front of Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company, located at 613-629 East Main Street.
Road Work on University Avenue
August 19, 1929
Workers lay pipe and repave University Avenue, looking east along the 2400 block.
Paving University Avenue
August 22, 1929
Steam shovel loading a truck as part of road construction in front of Collins Lumber Co., 2308 University Avenue. There is a horse-drawn wagon passing by. Text on back of print reads: "Univ. Ave. C...
