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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.
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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Waters Motor Co. and Pontiacs
June 1, 1935
Waters Motor Co., located at 802 East Washington Avenue. There are two men shaking hands in front of old and new Pontiacs.
Dodge 8 Marathon Car
August 13, 1930
Two men shaking hands in front of Dodge Brothers Trucks and Madison Motor Car Company next to a Dodge 8 Marathon automobile. The mounted spare tire has a sign that reads: "The Greatest Demonstratio...
A.H. "Art" Backus, Waters Motor Parts Counter
February 8, 1945
A.H. "Art" Backus recording inventory of parts and accessories at Waters Motor Company, 802 East Washington Avenue.
Waters Motor Company Parts Department
April 27, 1946
Roy Riese, parts department manager, shown behind a service counter in the new parts department at Waters Motor Company, 802 East Washington Avenue.
Car Towing Motorcycle
July 22, 1935
A man in a labcoat shows off a car hitched to a service motorcycle in front of Waters Motor's Co., 802 E. Washington Avenue.
Waters Motors Inc.
October 12, 1934
Waters Motors, Inc., 802 East Washington Avenue at the corner of North Livingston, taken from across the street.
