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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.
Arnold Gesell with Tricycle
circa 1890-1899
Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Arnold Gesell with a large tricycle.
Cattle Drive In Alma
circa 1890-1899
Farmers driving their cattle to a stockyard near the Burlington Depot, a weekly occurrence.
The "Lion" Steamboat
circa 1890-1899
View of the steamboat the "Lion" on the Mississippi River, at sunset.
Brailing Pockets — Scalers at Work
circa 1890-1899
Group of lumber workers standing on logs floating in Beef Slough.
Family Christmas
circa 1890-1899
A family sits around a Christmas tree playing music and singing.
