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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 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.
Capitol Theatre Auditorium
June 14, 1930
View of Capitol Theatre auditorium from the stage, 209 State Street.
Orpheum Theatre Interior
April 2, 1927
Interior view from the stage of the auditorium with balcony, at the New Orpheum Theatre at 216 State Street.
RKO Capitol Theatre
January 23, 1928
View from the back towards the RKO Capitol Theatre stage.
Capitol Theatre Construction
June 3, 1927
An interior view of the Capitol Theatre auditorium and balcony under construction.
Capitol Theatre Mezzanine
January 28, 1928
Capitol Theatre Mezzanine with chairs against the walls, and a fountain in the foreground on the right.
Eastwood Theatre Auditorium
January 6, 1930
Elevated view of the auditorium of the Eastwood Theatre from the left balcony, 2090 Atwood Avenue.