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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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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.
War Memorial
February 18, 1919
A memorial to those who died with honor. Caption reads: "A common sight in the wake of the battle of the Marne."
Cemetery at Dead Man's Hill
February 1, 1919
Hundreds of graves for fallen soldiers at Dead Man's Hill. Captioned: "Cemetery at foot of Mort Homme (Dead Man's Hill). Notice the 'communication trenches' leading up the hill."
A Tribute to Lazy Camp Life
circa 1910-1919
An ambulance man (presumably Ray E. Williams) sitting on the front fender of an American ambulance.
Horse-Drawn Ambulance
February 1, 1919
A horse ambulance parked on a road near buildings. Caption reads: "A horse ambulance frequently used to carry wounded from batteries to "poste de secours" but more frequently to carry the dead."
The Château
February 1, 1919
Several men standing near two ambulances which are parked near ruins. Caption reads: "The "Château," probably the most celebrated A.A.F.S poste. The entire cellar is utilized as operating rooms, dr...
Road to Verdun
February 1, 1919
View down road towards trucks and ambulances. Captioned: "Part of our cantonment at Dombasle on the road to Verdun."
