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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 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.
Railroad Worker
October 13, 1977
A man wearing a hardhat and carrying a tool is walking along railroad tracks. Caption reads: "A railroad worker walked along a line in the Menomonee Valley near Muskego Ave."
Morris Gray
November 14, 1964
A young man is smiling and looking at a jazz trumpeter, of whom only his hands and trumpet can be seen. Caption reads: "Morris Gray, 11, of 2801 N. 11th St., seemed enthralled by Wetzel's jazz trum...
Patricia Williams
May 16, 1958
A young woman is smiling and holding up a certificate. Caption reads: "The top salesmen in the Junior Achievement sales contest showed her certificate proudly at an awards ceremony Thursday night a...
Junior Homemakers
December 4, 1963
Two girls are focusing on cutting a piece of lace. Caption reads: "Junior homemakers are intent with their work, making Christmas stockings. Delores Taylor, 9, of 817 W. Vliet St., and Rosetta Walt...
A March for King
April 5, 1981
400 people march to a rally where they demand that the birthday of Martin Luther King, (January 15) be declared a national holiday.
Hammering Nails
1940
A boy is sitting on the ground and getting ready to hammer nails through two boards.
