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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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Madison, Wisconsin Overlooking Monona Bay — Lake Mendota in the Distance
1953
Illustrated postcard of an elevated view of Monona Bay, the Isthmus and Lake Mendota. A residential neighborhood is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Madison, Wisconsin Overlooking Monona Bay — La...
Aerial View of Lake Monona
1885
View towards Lake Monona, with the Dane County Courthouse on the right. Text at bottom reads: "Curtiss Madison Wis."
Chautauqua Grounds on Lake Monona
1915
Colorized view. Caption reads: "Chautauqua Grounds, Lake Monona, Madison in Distance."
State Office Building
1958
An aerial view of the construction of a new wing on a state office building. Automobiles are parked in a log along Lake Monona.
Razing City Hall
August 1954
Old City Hall being razed with a crane and wrecking ball.
County Courthouse from University Hall
circa 1860-1869
Elevated view toward the County Courthouse from University Hall (now Bascom Hall) of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The County Courthouse is in the upper center. The view also shows the resid...
