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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.
Pierce House Detail
July 1, 1973
Detail of the intricate, medieval-style roof work of the Pierce House at 424 North Pinckney Street.
Example of Shingle Style
December 2, 1973
Detail of a house at 116 East Johnson Street, built in 1884, with a unique shingle style.
Decorative Shingles
August 10, 1975
Scalloped design shingles decorate the roof, gable and pediment over the porch of this house at 305 North Livingston Street.
Mediterranean-Style Building
November 11, 1973
Exterior view of a Mediterranean-style building at 204 North Pinckney Street.
Shingles on Gable
October 21, 1973
An American shingle style of architecture adorns the rear gable of a building at 661 University Avenue.
Prairie Style House
January 13, 1974
Exterior view of a house at 822 Prospect Place built in the Prairie style, featuring masonry and stained wood.
