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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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Allen and Sons Tannery
1906
The buildings of Allen & Sons Tannery. Caption reads: "Allen & Sons Tannery, Kenosha, Wis."
U.S. Leather Company Tannery
The U.S. Leather Co. tannery in Medford. Caption reads: "U.S. Leather Co. Tannery, Medford, Wis."
Kenosha Harbor
1940
A view across Kenosha harbor at the large Simmons Company factory building.
Women Finishing Leather
1914
Women working in the N.R. Allen Sons tannery during World War I. The women are finishing leather. An older man is hauling a cart load of hides at center.
Villiage of Southport
October 1844
A variant of a wood engraving dated October, 1844. Incorporated as the villige of Southport in 1841 (so-named because it was the southern-most natural harbor in Wisconsin on Lake Michigan). The tow...
O.S. Head House
1896
The residence of O.S. Head. A man is sitting in the foreground on a wrap-around bench around a tree.
