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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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Boys Undressing to Go Swimming in the Mississippi River
1900
Boys undressing to go swimming in the Mississippi River. Alma, Wisconsin is across the river in the background.
Swimming in the Mississippi River
1890
View across water towards men and boys swimming and splashing in the Mississippi River. Alma is in the background on the far shoreline.
Cattle Drive In Alma
circa 1890-1899
Farmers driving their cattle to a stockyard near the Burlington Depot, a weekly occurrence.
Alma from across the Mississippi River
circa 1890-1899
Alma from across the Mississippi River. Steamer 'U.S. General Barnard" is at a landing.
Mule Hitched to Cart with Driver
circa 1890-1899
Mule hitched to training cart, with driver, on a town street, possibly Alma.
Mississippi River View and Bluff
circa 1890-1899
Man standing on bluff with Mississippi River far below in the background.
