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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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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.
Holiday Canned Food Drive
November 22, 1955
Thomas Constable (left) and Walter Medenski (right), pose in front of canned food gathered by pupils at the Center Street school for the Salvation Army's Thanksgiving food drive.
Carving the Turkey
November 25, 1965
A man takes pleasure in the carving of the Thanksgiving turkey, with other food items in the foreground and vending machines behind him.
Chess Match
March 9, 1989
Calvin Johnson, right, Custer High School chess champion, takes on Paul Henk to defend his title.
Vending Machines
April 20, 1967
High school freshman use vending machines for lunch.
Sentry's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Department
February 14, 1985
A display of fruit and vegetables in the East Side Foods Sentry store.
Child at Candy Case
May 7, 1964
Americus Kates, 10, surveys the candy case before making his selections.
