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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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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.
Elevated View of Fire in City
October 17, 1944
Elevated view across rooftops towards smoke rising from a burning building in the city. The building on the left has a billboard supporting the Packers. A bridge and river are in the center, and a ...
Down Wells Street
1952
Elevated view down Wells Street from the first Wisconsin National Bank Building. Commerce office on lower left.
Elevated View of Wells Street
1951
Elevated view from the First Wisconsin National Bank Building, down Wells Street toward the Milwaukee County Court House. Commerce office on lower left.
Elevated View with St. Mary's Convent
1881
Stereograph. Elevated view of rooftops on the west side, with St. Mary's Convent in the background.
City View over Rooftops
1872
Elevated view over residential area, with several churches in the background.
City Hall
Elevated view across rooftops toward City Hall. Caption reads: "Milwaukee, Wis. City Hall — Die Stadthalle."
