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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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Old Water Tower
1915
East Washington Avenue from the Capitol Park with a view of the water tower, which stood from 1890 to 1920.
Capitol View of the Water Tower
1890
The Madison water tower and farmers' market as seen through the stone gateway at the East Washington Avenue entrance to the Capitol Park. The building on the left became the American Exchange Bank ...
Monona Avenue and Lake Monona
Elevated view of Madison featuring Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as of January 19, 1987) and Lake Monona.
Water Tower
1895
Water Tower located on East Washington Avenue. Horse-drawn wagons are parked in the center near the tower. Commercial buildings are in the background on the left.
Pinckney Street
1870
View overlooking Pinckney Street on the Square with the American Hotel in the background.
Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Park
1900
Pedestrians and a horse and cart at the intersection of Main Street and Monona Avenue (South Wisconsin Avenue until December 1, 1877; Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard as of January 19, 1987). Behi...
