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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.
Aerial View of Downtown Milwaukee
1930
Aerial view of downtown area including churches, homes, and large buildings, stretching to the horizon.
Aerial View of Downtown Area
Aerial view looking north of downtown, with the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan.
Allis-Chalmer's Company
1910
Aerial view of the factory surrounded by fields, roads, and several houses, as well as the railroad tracks that go around the building. Caption reads: "West Allis Works, of Allis Chalmers Company a...
Downtown Aerial View
1925
Downtown aerial view with the Milwaukee River and City Hall. Caption reads: "Downtown Aerial View, Milwaukee, Wis."
Aerial View of Harbor Area
1951
Aerial view of Jones Island and garbage disposal plant.
Aerial View of University of Wisconsin
1972
Aerial view of Milwaukee campus, with surrounding homes and buildings.
