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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.
Railroad Yards
Elevated view of rows of railroad cars can be seen lined up on the tracks outside Minot Flour Mill Company, founded in 1903.
Train Arrival
Elevated view down railroad tracks of a train pulling into a station.
Provo Railroad Station
Exterior of Provo Railroad Station. Baggage trucks can be seen near the tracks as a train arrives at the station.
Maricopa Train Depot
Exterior view of Maricopa Train Depot. Men gather near the railroad tracks.
Loading Ore Cars
Trains transported iron ore through St. George every twenty minutes. A view of the city can be seen behind the railroad yard.
Jacob's Ladder
March 14, 1905
View of a railroad engine with passengers before it ascends Mount Washington Railroad's 'Jacob's Ladder,' built around 1868 with a grade of 37.41%.
