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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.
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Gisholt Employees Donate to Good Neighbor Fund
September 16, 1950
George H. Johnson (left), Gisholt Machine Company president, and Stanley Prideaux (center), president of the United Steelworkers of America, congratulate Frank Benda who is one of the Gisholt emplo...
Leonard Smith at Forsberg Box Company
February 1, 1945
Leonard Smith, a blind employee, working at Forsberg Box Company.
Two Ray-O-Vac Employees
August 7, 1945
Two Ray-O-Vac employees who have returned to work from serving in World War II.
Woman Working at Gisholt Plant
1944
A woman operates a lathe at the Gisholt plant on East Washington Avenue.
Patient in Wisconsin General Hospital Hallway
February 8, 1945
Patient being wheeled past laundry baskets and lockers in overcrowded Wisconsin General Hospital basement hallway.
Science Teacher Fred Schuler Retires
June 10, 1959
Retiring West High School physics teacher Fred Schuler is shown working in his classroom laboratory.