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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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Tenney Park Locks
1906
A boat full of men and women is entering the lock on the Yahara River at Tenney Park.
Sherman Avenue Bridge and Lock
1910
View of the Sherman Bridge and Lock and surrounding area on the Yahara River. Caption reads: "Sherman Avenue Bridge and Locks, Yahara River, Madison, Wis."
The Locks, Tenney Park and Lake Mendota
circa 1910-1919
View of the locks at Tenney Park where Lake Mendota meets the Yahara River. A boat with five people is passing through the canal. Caption reads: "The Locks, Tenney Park and Lake Mendota, Madison, W...
Tenney Park Locks Activity
July 4, 1954
Boaters and fishermen on the Yahara River moving into Lake Mendota just after the water reached exit level at the Tenney Park lock.
Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches
August 3, 1953
Boaters passing by through the Tenney Park lock in three motor boats.
