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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.
Sid with Owner in Karabis Tavern
Sid, wearing a hat, coat, and scarf, and with a cigar in his mouth, is sitting on a bar stool at the Karabis tavern, toasting with the owner standing behind the bar. The bottoms of Sid's shoes are ...
Sid on a Fire Engine
View across street towards Sid standing on the back of a fire engine with a cigar in his mouth. A police officer wearing a uniform and a badge is standing in the street behind Sid and is supporting...
Sid Holding a Trout
Portrait of Sid standing and holding up a trout in his hands. Both Sid and the trout have an unlit cigar in their mouths. Sid's nails are stained, probably with pyrogallol, a staining agent used in...
Sid Begging
NEW: Sid is standing outside of Mel's Food, begging with his hat in his hands. Sid is wearing sunglasses and has a cigar in his mouth. The back of a passerby, who is wearing an overcoat and a hat, ...
Sid Smoking in Meeting Room
Portrait in profile of Sid Boyum sitting in the dark smoking a cigar while sitting in a chair.
Cecil's Boot Ranch
A cowboy hat, a western saddle and a pair of cowboy boots produced by Cecil's Sandals on the Southeast Asian-styled "Guardian Lion" sculpture in Sid's backyard.
