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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.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
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.
Ships in Harbor
circa 1890-1899
View of ships docked at the foot of Clinton Street.
Old Hulks and Elevator A
circa 1890-1899
View of old sailing boats at a shoreline with elevator A in the background.
Instantaneous View from the Mouth of the Harbor
circa 1890-1899
A view from the mouth of the harbor towards a large sailing ship and a smaller sailing boat.
Boats on Milwaukee Bay
circa 1890-1899
Tugboat towing sailing ship on the Milwaukee Bay.
Milwaukee, South from Courthouse
circa 1890-1899
Elevated view south from Courthouse of rooftops, with harbor and bay in distance.
Milwaukee River
circa 1890-1899
Elevated view of Milwaukee River from Walker's Point Bridge.
