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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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Scene at Vilas Park Zoo
1915
Early souvenir postcard of the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo), with a camel in the foreground. Caption reads: "Scene at Vilas Park Zoo, Madison, Wis."
Watching the Wild Animals at the Vilas Park Zoo
1915
Early souvenir postcard with families watching the caged animals at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Caption reads: "Watching the Wild Animals at the Vilas Park Zoo, Madison, Wis."
Vilas Park Zoo Scene
1940
Scene at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) showing bear pits. Caption reads: "Zoo at Vilas Park, Madison, Wisconsin."
The Magic Picnic
1979
Flyer for the Magic Picnic, a celebration of the lesbian and gay community, which took place in Brittingham Park.
Henry Vilas Zoo
1918
White-tailed deer feeding at a trough in their enclosure at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), opened in 1911.
Henry Vilas Zoo
1918
Two young girls looking at the birdcages at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo).
