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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.
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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.
Man with Wings
March 23, 1905
An unidentified man demonstrates his unsuccessful bird wing-like mechanism, which was part of an experiment in aviation.
E.S. Purdy's Drugstore
circa 1910-1919
Interior view of the E.S. Purdy Drugstore, including four employees.
House of Representatives
View of the interior of the House of Representatives in the National Capitol.
Interior of National Capitol
Interior of the National Capitol in Washington, D.C. In a marble decorated room, there are marble statues of men representing each state.
Ada James
circa 1910-1919
Quarter-length portrait of the leader of women's suffrage in Wisconsin, Ada James.
Portable Fan
June 14, 1956
Sam Adair of 4380 N Wildwood Av., Shorewood, Wisconsin wearing fan labeled Rheem Personal Portable Air Conditioner around his neck to stay cool.
