Documenting a Sense of Place |
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View more than 8,000 images of Wisconsin communities: main streets, the built environment, prominent points of interests and some rural scenes. |
Learn about the wide range of visual materials subjects available to view both online and in our Archives |
View these 19th-century panoramic, detailed maps of Wisconsin communities. |
A Greenbelt Town |
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Read about how the suburban community of Greendale, Wisconsin, was engineered and view photographs documenting its development. |
Learn the inside story of the Teasdale Vice Committee Investigation of 1913 in Wisconsin and their crusade against "social evil." |
Snapshots of Daily Life |
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Study this collection of family photos and see a natural, simple view of everyday life in early 20th-century Randolph, Wisconsin. |
Mississippi River Town |
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View 19th century photographs of life on the Mississippi River logging town of Alma, Wisconsin. |
The Photographs of Harold Hone |
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This article describes the careers of Harold Hone and Frank Utpatel in relation to the W.P.A. |
Rural Wisconsin |
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View the landscapes of rural Wisconsin through the eyes of photographer Paul Vanderbilt. |
The Watercolors of Winifred Ford |
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Read about the life and career of painter Winifred Ford who created watercolors of historic Madison residences. |
An intimate look at family, architecture, interiors and fashion in Victorian Wisconsin between 1885 and 1900 |
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Learn about the lives of upper-middle class Wisconsinites in the Victorian period between 1885 and 1900. |
Study of a Neighborhood |
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Discover the history of Madison, Wisconsin's Willy St. neighborhood through the Wisconsin Historical Society's image gallery |
Wisconsin photographer David Marcou's images of life in La Crosse, Wisconsin. |
Ever wonder why beer is so popular in Wisconsin? Wisconsin history is full of breweries and beer. |
See the designs Wisconsin artists produced for the Centennial Stamp Contest. |
Photographs by Richard Quinney |
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Discover the photographs of Richard Quinney from his book "Things Once Seen," containing more than 40 years of photos documenting his life. |
View a pictorial review of the Wisconsin State Fair from 1851 when it began. |
Madison's Settlement House |
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Images of Madison's only settlement house, Neighborhood House, from 1916 until the 1960s. |
James T. Potter's Photos |
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View this image collection of architectural details of places in Madison, Wisconsin. |
pencil drawings |
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