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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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1254 Rutledge Street
May 8, 1977
Exterior view of a house at 1254 Rutledge Street which displays several examples of handcrafted detail including crab-like carved woodwork, open gables, and a spiderweb design over the porch.
Dormer Window
April 3, 1977
A dormer window on a house at 956 Spaight Street. The window is framed by carefully carved wooden volutes (Greek spiral scrolls) and concentric arches.
Apartment House Detail
April 15, 1973
Curved arch details on the upper story of an apartment house at 609 North Lake Street.
House Details
April 10, 1977
A wooden gable on a house at 1724 Jefferson Street ornamented with octagonal shingles, intricately carved brackets, and decorative, carved squares.
Example of Shingle Style
December 2, 1973
Detail of a house at 116 East Johnson Street, built in 1884, with a unique shingle style.
Shingle Details
April 24, 1977
A house at 715 East Gorham Street which has triangular shingles on the upper story and rectangular shingles on the lower story.
