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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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Thanksgiving Baskets
November 29, 1933
A table and chairs are laden with rows of Thanksgiving baskets prepared by the Volunteers of America for distribution to needy families.
Governor Schmedeman and Christmas Basket
December 20, 1933
Governor Schmedeman presenting Christmas basket provided by the Volunteers of America to Mrs. Catherine Schwartz and daughter, Frances. Captain George Lawton, Volunteers of America, included.
Chicken "Basket" Lunch
January 6, 1933
Fried chicken "basket" lunch (basket was a 2-pound loaf of bread hollowed out and toasted into which the chicken pieces are placed and then delivered) on a Felly's Restaurant napkin, 814 University...
Vocational Students Mail Christmas Seals
November 29, 1933
A group of Madison vocational school students preparing Christmas Seals for distribution by the Madison Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
Avenue Food Shop
April 12, 1933
Avenue Food Shop, 546 W. Washington Avenue, showing water in basement.
Burdick & Murray Display Window
November 20, 1933
Thanksgiving dining room display window at Burdick & Murray, 15-19 East Main Street. Featuring a mannequin wearing a dress and an apron, linens, china, crystal, and silverware from E.W. Parker Jewe...
