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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.
Automobile near Road Sign
May 1926
An automobile rounds a turn near several traffic signs placed along the edge of a paved state road.
Automobile Accident
1926
Men examine the wreckage of an automobile resting on the edge of a foundation near a collapsed bridge. A portion of a crane can be seen in the background attached to the automobile.
Dangers of Farm Traffic
July 1927
An automobile driving down a driveway between two embankments, prohibiting a clear view of an intersecting road.
Driving Safety
July 1927
Automobiles approaching a turn in a paved road with billboards on either side. Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustrate safe driving techniques.
Vehicle at Stop Sign
January 1928
Rear view of a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat stopping an automobile at a stop sign on a dirt road as a truck approaches from the opposite direction.
Automobile Stopped at Railroad Crossing
April 23, 1926
A man stops his automobile at a railroad crossing while waiting for the train to cross a paved road. The traffic sign to the right of the car reads: "Railroad Crossing," "Look Out For the Cars," an...
