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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.
Labor Day Festival
September 6, 1988
A young girl listens to a speech at the Racine Laborfest. She holds a balloon imprinted with the slogan, "Buy Union Buy American."
Christmas Chocolates
December 3, 1979
An employee of Kehr's Kandy Kitchen packages candy for holiday sales.
Friendly Persuasion
August 6, 1987
Two women coax a stubborn calf at the State Fair.
Anti-Nuclear Protest
February 25, 1988
A man hands out information while holding a sign reading "Stop All Nuclear Testing" in front of the Reuss Federal Building.
Lakefront Walkway
1939
Visitors of Milwaukee's sixth annual Midsummer Festival. Men and women walk on the lakefront walkways.
Corn and Brats on the Grill
June 25, 1988
St. Dominic's Catholic Parish members tend the grills at their annual festival.