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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.
Battery Workers on Strike
May 21, 1956
Ray-O-Vac workers from the Battery Workers' Union and Machinists' Union picketing for higher wages, better working conditions, and better pension plan. Anthony "Tony" Caruso stands second from the ...
General Labor Strike at Allis Reliance Works
May 4, 1886
Edward P. Allis Reliance Works under the protection of the Wisconsin State Militia during the first general labor strike. The strike is also known as the Eight Hour Riots of May 1886.
Clark Station
1962
Clark gasoline station near Brookfield, Wisconsin, which sold gasoline but not service work.
Madison Painters Union, Local 802, 50th Anniversary
September 15, 1952
Group portrait of ten officials of the Madison Painters Union, Local 802, as they plan their union's 50th Anniversary.
Picketers Protesting Economic Exploitation
November 18, 1966
Two men carry signs to protest exploitation of tenants who are members of Local 404 by their landlord who is manager of College Barber Shop.
Young Child on Picket Line
1950
A young child, Frank Hill, walking the picket line at a strike with an older man. The adult's sign reads: "Construction Workers organize for hours, wages and conditions - Join your AFL now."
