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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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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.
Men Sitting on Porch Steps
1921
Four men are sitting on porch stairs and railing posts. The man on the left is wearing a chef jacket and hat, and also an apron.
Child on Scale
1897
A young girl wearing a coat and hat is standing on a scale that is chained to a post near a building.
Man in Snow Near Automobile
1925
Winter scene with a man dressed in a winter coat and hat standing in the snow in front of a car.
Young Woman on Steps of House
Portrait of a young woman leaning against the back corner of a house while standing on the steps. She is wearing a fur coat.
Milwaukee Snowstorm
1917
Winter scene with a pedestrian holding an umbrella during a snowstorm, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.