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| Learn the basics for searching the Society's Library collections online and in person. |
| More than 2,000 feature articles totaling more than 30,000 pages are online. |
| Learn about the various online and physical catalogs you can use to search the Society's collections. |
| Access Information and Sales Service |
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| Learn how to access the extensive microfilm collection at the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
| Explore our physical and digital collections of local and county histories for Wisconsin, the U.S. and Canada. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| German bisque doll with her trunk of clothes and accessories, c. 1908. (Museum object #1966.408.1) |
| Explore our physical and online collections of Civil War materials including Wisconsin regimental histories, maps, casualty lists, lettters and more. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Bemis Riddell chaise lounge custom made for the company owner, Albert Bemis, c. 1925 (reupholstered, c. 1940). (Museum Object #1984.319.1A-B) |
| Learn how to request microfilm records from the Genealogical Society of Utah. |
| Learn tips for using our collections of over 40,000 published family histories for geneaology research. |
| Explore our Visual Materials collection of nearly 3 million images in more than 6,000 collections. Over 80,000 images are available online. |
| Photographs and Poetic Texts |
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| Explore this online image collection from one of the country's most respected scholars in the field of photography and archives. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Garden tractor manufactured by the Gilson Bolens Manufacturing Co., Port Washington, Wisconsin, 1928-1939. (Museum object #2001.1.1) |
| Learn tips for using death records for family history research. |
| Rural Wisconsin |
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| View the landscapes of rural Wisconsin through the eyes of photographer Paul Vanderbilt. |
| Exquisite examples of significant maps related to New France and French Great Lakes exploration, early maps of Florida and Mexico, later maps of Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Duncan Butterfly yo-yo manufactured by the Flambeau Corporation, Baraboo, Wisconsin, 1988-1995. (Museum object #2001.83.13) |
| Find out more about the McCormick-IHC Collection. |
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| Strapless bra worn by Clara Kuester of Clintonville, Wisconsin and made by Jantzen, Inc. in the early 1950s. (Museum object #2000.74.28) |
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