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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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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.
Boys Boxing
circa 1950-1959
A man coaches boys in as they spar in a boxing ring with others watching closely.
Striking Machine
1888
A striking machine used to train boxers. The dial displayed the force used when the pad was punched by a boxer.
Spring Cleaning
circa 1950-1959
A woman dust mops the floor while listening to a radiophone that is perched on the window sill.
Burlington Route
circa 1950-1959
A sleek passenger train passes through the countryside.
Two Women Motorboating
circa 1950-1959
Two women motorboating and waving to the photographer.
