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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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Teenage Toboggan Riders
December 23, 1970
Winter scene with teenage toboggan riders, Rick Borckel (age 14) and Pat Voight (age 13), hitting a bump on a hill in Brown Deer Park, Milwaukee.
Winter Sports Capital of the Midwest
1949
Text on front reads: "Wausau, Wisconsin, 'Winter Sports Capital of the Midwest.'" On reverse: "Renowned throughout the midwestern states as the center of winter sports, Wausau, Wisconsin, is a virt...
Four People on a Toboggan
Three women and a man slide down a snowy hill on a wooden toboggan.
Out of Action
January 13, 1967
Dejected skier at home with cast and crutches, after breaking her leg practicing for competition.
Toboggan Slide and Skating Rink
1918
A toboggan slide and skating rink next to a large building.
