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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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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.
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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.
Two Mayors at the Fair
1941
Mayor Carl Zeidler of Milwaukee and Mayor Leo J. Promen of Fond du Lac at the Wisconsin State Fair. Zeidler is sipping Coca-Cola from a bottle and Promen is eating Cracker Jacks.
Jack McGrath
1954
Jack McGrath, an Indianapolis 500 driver, photographed at the Milwaukee State Fair, with his cream colored Hinkle Special. McGrath died in an automobile crash in 1955.
Weary Fairgoers
Two weary fairgoers catch a nap on a convenient bench at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
Kids at the Wisconsin State Fair
August 28, 1934
Louis Schmidt sharing his hamburger with Ruth Eleanor Hughes on children's day at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Roller Coaster
circa 1950-1959
Young children ride a small roller coaster at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Fair Midway Crowds
Elevated view of crowds packing the Midway at the Wisconsin State Fair.
