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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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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.
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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.
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 near Road Sign
May 1926
An automobile rounds a turn near several traffic signs placed along the edge of a paved state road.
Farm Irrigation
1920
A man crouching in a farm field near a wooden tool, possibly doing irrigation work. A dirt road behind the man leads to several buildings and a water tower marked: "IHC." The site may be one of Int...
Ottawa Park Tourist Camp
April 13, 1925
View down dirt road of people standing beneath the trees at Ottawa Park Tourist Camp. Automobiles are parked in the background, and tents are set up throughout the clearing.
Men Gathered for "Silo Special"
1920
Group of men gathered around a truck with a large sign that reads, in part: "Kansas State Agricultural College Silo Special."
Poor Roads in Illinois
May 28, 1920
View showing dirt roads in bad-condition between Chicago and Hinsdale.
