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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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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.
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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.
Rail Yard at Depot
1895
Railroad depot surrounded by stacked lumber for wood-burning locomotives. A few homes can be seen in the background.
Main Street
1895
Elevated view down Main Street, which crosses railroad tracks in the foreground. There are two signs in the foreground which say: "Look Out for the Cars" and "$500 Fine for any Person Riding or Dri...
Menominee & Marinette Light and Traction Company Streetcar
circa 1890-1899
Menominee and Marinette Light and Traction Company's 1890s era streetcar drawn by a team of horses.
Eau Claire Dam and Power Plant
Elevated view of the dam and the power plant. A railroad bridge is in the upper left. Three smokestacks are in the background.
Chippewa River and Downtown Eau Claire
1900
Elevated view of the Chippewa River and downtown Eau Claire.
