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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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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.
Learning Knot Tying
1918
A group of students learning to tie knots in pieces of twine in a classroom. A chalkboard, American flag, and several portraits are hanging on the wall in the background.
School Boys Making the Frame of a Fly Trap
1913
Two boys at work indoors constructing the wooden frame of a fly trap at their school.
Boys Learning to Sew
1913
Boys learning to sew. Original caption reads: "Sewing Lesson for Boys of the 7th and 8th grades. These boys are learning how to sew on buttons."
Students Serving Lunch
1918
Girls serving trays loaded with mugs of soup to students seated at desks in a classroom. A chalkboard, portraits of presidents, and an American flag are in the background. A large round woodstove i...
Knot-Tying Lesson
1919
A group of men and women sit in chairs inside what appears to be a classroom or gymnasium while practicing knot-tying. They follow an instructor's example as he stands near several posters set up ...
School Boys Using Wood Tools
Two boys of different ages using wood tools, including planes and files, during a classroom exercise.
