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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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Midway Scene
1936
A costumed young woman who danced as part of the Carioca Revue stands on a stage in the midway of the Wisconsin State Fair, perhaps waiting to perform.
State Fair Crowd
1936
Audience at the Wisconsin State Fair, probably watching the children's pony races. One mother holds her daughter in her arms so that she can see better.
Carnival Scene at the Fair
1936
Midway area of the Wisconsin State Fair, showing a truck advertising peanuts at 5 cents in the center background.
Accordionist at the Fair
1936
A young accordionist plays a solo for the crowd at the Wisconsin State Fair, while another young player watches.
Goodyear Blimp at the Fair
1936
The blimp of the Goodyear Tire Company hovers above the carnival area of the Wisconsin State Fair, tethered to the ground with ropes. The fairgoers, however, seem uninterested.
Milwaukee Farmers Market
1941
Milwaukee Farmer's Market during the late 1930s. A customer carries produce purchased at the market.
