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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.
Observatory and Lake Mendota
1910
Observatory building on hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota and Picnic Point are in the background.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus and Lake Mendota
1929
Elevated panoramic view towards the northeast from the tower of the Congregational Church of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, with Lake Mendota in the background.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus
1900
View of the lower University of Wisconsin campus from a frozen Lake Mendota. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red), boathouse, The State Historical Society, Music Hall, and Science Hall are visible.
University of Wisconsin, Aerial View
1930
Aerial view of a portion of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and the shoreline of Lake Mendota.
Aerial View of the Mendota Shoreline
1956
Aerial view looking east along Madison's Lake Mendota shoreline. The large building under construction at center is Carroll Hall, a University of Wisconsin women's dormitory.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse and Red Gym
1906
View towards shoreline from Lake Mendota of University of Wisconsin-Madison varsity men's rowing crew. People are watching from the boathouse in the background. Behind the boathouse is the Armory (...
