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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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Kessenich's Phoenix Hosiery Window
August 20, 1931
Kessenich's Phoenix Hosiery display window, 201-203 State Street.
Kessenich's Railroad Week Window
June 13, 1935
Kessenich's, 201-203 State Street, Railroad week window. Mannequins in clothes for travel. Sign reads: "Travel in Pullman comfort and safety."
Kessenich's New Dress Department
April 25, 1933
Kessenich's new dress department, second floor, 201-203 State Street.
Kessenich's, Inc.
November 25, 1927
Night view of Kessenich's dry goods store building located at 201-203 State Street. Christmas decorations adorn the building.
Kessenich's Inc.
May 5, 1934
Exterior of the Kessenich building, later known as Yost's, located at 202-203 State Street. The building was designed by Frank Riley in 1923.
"Cara Nome" Cosmetics Display
March 27, 1946
Display featuring the Cara Nome brand of cosmetics in the window of Rennebohm Drug Store #12, 2526 Monroe Street.
