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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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Mendota Yacht Club
1913
Mendota Yacht Club, later the site of James Madison Park. A mast with flags is standing outside of the club near the water.
Bernard's Boat House
1915
View from water of Bernard's Boat House on Lake Mendota, adjacent to the present James Madison Park.
Yacht Club
View across water towards the Yacht Club on the shoreline of Lake Winnebago. There is a widow's walk on the roof. A boat is near the pier on the right. Caption reads: "Yacht Club, Oshkosh, Wis."
University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse
1948
View from Lake Mendota of boathouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is behind the boathouse. A person is sitting near boats which are stored near pier...
Mendota Yacht Club Members
August 9, 1947
Mendota Yacht Club members, sitting on the pier behind the James Payton house, 409 N. Blair Street. Left to right: Ann Dre Schlimgen, James Payton, Parnee Bush, and John Sisk.
Four Lakes Yacht Club
July 26, 1953
The club house of the Four Lakes Yacht Club, situated along the Yahara River with boats tied up along the slips.
