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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.
The Riesen Family
May 28, 1955
The Riesen family, John, Jeanne, Linda and Jon, playing in their home.
Three Teenagers Playing on Sidewalk
February 28, 1987
Stephanie Johnson (from left), 16, Chanell Biami, 15, and Letesa Evans, 16, played a childhood game Friday after seeing their little sisters playing a rope game on N. 27th Street. Friday was midsem...
Girls Jumping Rope
1900
Two young girls with bows in their hair jump rope as a boy watches.
Children Playing Jump Rope
1920
Girls turning rope for a young boy to skip outside the Sunnyside School in Cook County.
Frisbee Catch
July 20, 1988
Young men clamor to catch a Frisbee during a beach game.
Playing House
January 16, 1964
A young girl watches out the door of her playhouse while a young boy retrieves letters from the play mailbox.
