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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.
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"Faith" Wisconsin State Capitol Sculpture
1914
Three ornamental sculptures on the base of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome.
Carvers at Work
1911
Carvers at work on the Karl Bitter sculpture for the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol (third in Madison). Between 1911 and 1913, a group of stone cutters (many of them Italian) worked on the four fig...
"Wisconsin" Statue on the Wisconsin State Capitol
1915
Daniel Chester French's statue "Wisconsin" on the dome of the Fourth Wisconsin State Capitol (the Third Capitol in Madison).
"Wisconsin" Statue on Wisconsin State Capitol
July 20, 1914
A crane places the gilded bronze statue, "Wisconsin," by Daniel Chester French, on top of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome.
Raising "Wisconsin" Statue
July 20, 1914
The bronze statue "Wisconsin," by Daniel Chester French, is hoisted to the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome.
