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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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North Western Rail Road Bridge over Chippewa River
1905
A day passenger train crossing the high North Western railroad bridge over the Chippewa River. Railroad tracks are along the shoreline in the foreground.
Hand Car Shop
Two men stand in front of the Hand Car Shop, which was built in 1916.
Machine Shop in Hudson
Slightly elevated view of a machine shop in Hudson, which was built in 1916. There are railroad tracks and railroad cars along the left side of the building. A smokestack is behind the building on ...
Railroad Shops Under Construction
Shops under construction for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha railroad lines. Men are working with a horse-drawn wagon in the right foreground. A large smokestack is in the center amon...
Railroad Station at Hudson
View across railroad tracks towards the railroad station in Hudson. There is a truck and a wagon parked alongside the tracks. A railroad car is parked just beyond the station on the right.
Special Railroad Train
1904
Special train from Spooner, Wisconsin, to Union Meeting at St. Paul, Minnesota. Group portrait of men posing on and around the locomotive. A young girl is standing in the center of the top row. A d...
