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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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Maypole Dance on Bascom Hill
1916
Maypole Dance at the May Fete on Bascom Hill. Just visible at the top of the photograph is the new Wisconsin State Capitol, completed except for the north wing, which was finished in 1917. In the f...
Maypole Dancers on Bascom Hill
1916
Maypole dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Bascom Hill (Main Hill). In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument. In the distance is the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Maypole Dancers
A group of women in white skirts and wearing caps are dancing around a tall maypole. A crowd is watching in the background, and a dog is running in front of the group on the grass.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Students on Bascom Hill
1909
A large group of students walk down Bascom Hill.
Varsity Welcome on Bascom Hill
September 26, 1930
Elevated view of the varsity welcome on Bascom Hill for new students. The Lincoln Monument is in the foreground.
Varsity Welcome on Bascom Hill
September 26, 1930
Varsity welcome on Bascom Hill for new students. The Lincoln Monument can be seen in the foreground.
