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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.
Fair Midway Crowds
Elevated view of crowds packing the Midway at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Horticulture Building at the State Fair
1927
Crowds walking past the Horticulture Building at the Wiconsin State Fair. In a pavilion above the building the Aluminum Goose Manufacturing Co. Band of Manitowoc is playing, while a banner adverti...
Passenger Trolley at the Fair
1951
Fairgoers ride a tractor-drawn passenger wagon at the Fair. In the background is the Sky King roller coaster.
Cooking Demonstration at Women's Building
Cooking demonstration in the Women's Building at the Wisconsin State Fair, featuring a cheese appetizer.
Weary Fairgoers
Two weary fairgoers catch a nap on a convenient bench at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
Grandstand Entrance
Elevated view of crowd outside the entrance to the Grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fair.
