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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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Conklin and Sons Coal Yard
1901
Conklin & Sons coal yard at 614 West Main Street. The coal yard was next to railroad tracks and sold coal, wood, and ice.
Western Lime and Cement Company
1910
A construction crew at work on the Western Lime and Cement company's factory, which is located between McDonald Street and the west bank of the Fox River.
State Capitol Construction
1912
Wisconsin State Capitol under construction, with men and a horse-drawn buggy in the foreground.
Conklin & Sons Pickup Truck
December 3, 1946
Conklin & Sons International pickup truck No. 13, with man sitting on back fender.
Conklin Ice House
Outdoor group portrait of men posing on horse-drawn wagons parked in front of the Conklin Ice House. In the background on the right is Lake Mendota.
