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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.
Attribution
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.
The Chicken Peddler
A man poses while selling chickens on the street. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind him.
Fresh Vegetable Vendors
Two African American women pose with baskets of fresh vegetables on their heads while selling their produce. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind them.
Oyster Shucking
Men shucking oysters while standing in stalls in a building. Caption reads: "Oyster Schucking, Norfolk, VA."
Vegetable Vendor With Basket Balanced on Head
African American vegetable vendor with a large basket of vegetables balanced on her head.
New Orleans Market
View of the old French fruit and vegetable market. Pineapples and bananas are hanging in the stalls.
