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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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Boys on a Boathouse
circa 1890-1899
View from Lake Mendota of five boys sitting on the railing of a boathouse at 216 Langdon Street, the home of Lucien S. Hanks family. From left to right are: Marshall Hanks, Max Mason, Clarence Knig...
Sybil Nash Dressed in Formal Suit and Hat
circa 1880-1889
Sybil Nash, a Hanks family friend, is sitting in a chair near a window. She is wearing a beribboned hat with veil, a suit with a blouse and lacy tie, leather gloves and a bracelet.
Portrait of Sybil Nash
circa 1890-1899
Waist-up portrait of Sybil Nash in a white blouse with puffy sleeves, and a striped tie. Sybil was a Hanks family friend.
Indianola
circa 1890-1899
View of the entrance to Camp Indianola on the north shore of Lake Mendota, which was one of the nation's oldest camps. In the background across the lawn is a row of tents. Over 20 buildings once st...
Sybil Nash Playing the Piano
circa 1890-1899
Sybil Nash, wearing a white blouse, sitting and playing the piano. Sybil Nash was a Hanks family friend.
Portrait of George S. Parker
1886
Quarter-length, formal studio portrait of George S. Parker of Janesville, Wisconsin.
