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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.
Memorial Union Theatre Ceiling
January 12, 1939
University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Theatre ceiling under construction, showing ceiling trusses.
Orpheum Theatre Under Construction
October 4, 1926
Orpheum Theatre under construction, located at 216 State Street, from upper balcony with two men standing on the scaffolding on the left.
U.W. Mechanical Engineering Building Construction
October 2, 1930
University of Wisconsin Mechanical Engineering Building, under construction, looking northeast, showing scaffolding around building and Findorff Builders sign, 1513 University Avenue.
U.W. Mechanical Engineering Building Construction
November 2, 1930
University of Wisconsin Mechanical Engineering Building, under construction, showing scaffolding around building and Findorff Builders sign, 1513 University Avenue. View from the south.
Service Memorial Institutes Under Construction
August 3, 1927
Service Memorial Institutes, 470 N. Charter Street, University of Wisconsin, 3thir floor under construction.
Orpheum Theater Under Construction
October 4, 1926
Orpheum Theater under construction, 216 State Street, from upper balcony. A man looking up at the ceiling rafters is standing on top of scaffolding in the center. Below him coats are hanging from t...
