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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.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
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.
Flag Day Celebration
June 14, 1940
Madison's first Flag Day celebration, sponsored by the Order of Elks at the University of Wisconsin stadium. After a speech by Carl Zeidler, the audience joined the Eagle Scouts in a pledge of alle...
Catholic Holy Hour
July 20, 1947
Catholics praying for World Peace (Holy Hour) at Camp Randall Stadium, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Memorial Day Activities
May 30, 1952
Two veterans with a confederate flag in front of Confederate Rest in Forest Hill Cemetery during Madison's Memorial Day ceremonies.
Memorial Day Activities
May 30, 1952
Cub Scout Pack 329 from Emerson School lines up on Doty Street for the Memorial Day parade around Madison's Capitol Square. Monona Tire Company on the corner of Doty and Pinkney streets is in the b...
Girl Scout Roundup
May 7, 1949
A girl sits on the grass next to some trees while eating a plate of food at a Girl Scout round-up.
Scout Day Camp
June 27, 1961
Evelyn Steckler, junior vice-president of the Marion Cranefield auxiliary post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, presents a new 50-star American flag to two Madison girls attending the Brownie camp ...
