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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.
Woman Smoking on the Stairs
A portrait of an African American woman sitting on a stairway smoking a pipe. Caption reads: "Solid Comfort."
Woman Basket Weaving
A Native American woman weaving baskets outdoors. Three children are sitting nearby. Caption reads: "Indian Adepts, Glenn, Mich."
African-American Woman With Fan
An elderly African-American woman posed seated holding a fan in her right hand. Text underneath the image reads "Ground Nut Cake Vendors."
Seminole Native American Woman
Waist-up portrait of a Seminole Native American woman wearing a native outfit featuring many necklaces around her neck, and with her hair in a bun. Caption reads: "Seminole Squaw, Miami, Fla."
An Old Couple
A portrait of an old African American couple sitting on a porch. The woman on the left is smoking a pipe and is holding a small dog in her lap, and the man is on the right is smoking a pipe. Captio...
Your Dime Savings Bank
A studio portrait of a seated African American man with his hat in his hand. Caption reads: "Your Dime Savings Bank."
