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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.
Attribution
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.
Fair of the Wisconsin Agricultural Society
November 20, 1858
Panoramic sketch of the first Wisconsin State Fair held in Madison with large tents, fire companies, side-shows, and performances that drew thousands of visitors. The fair, which was held at the gr...
Panoramic from Main Hall (Bascom Hall) of Madison
November 11, 1861
Panoramic view of Madison from Main Hall, now Bascom Hall, on the University of Wisconsin campus. North Hall and South Hall are in the foreground. Lake Mendota, the second Wisconsin State Capitol b...
Lower Campus of University of Wisconsin-Madison
1900
Panoramic view from the corner of Park and State Streets on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Science Hall is on the left on the other side of Bascom Hill, and the State Historical Librar...
State Street from Campus
1954
State Street from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Langdon Street
1913
View down tree-lined Langdon Street and the lower campus of the University of Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Langdon Street through lower campus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis."
University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus and Lake Mendota
1929
Elevated panoramic view towards the northeast from the tower of the Congregational Church of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, with Lake Mendota in the background.
