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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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Milwaukee Light Guards Certificate of George B. Bingham
June 30, 1855
Certificate of appointment for George B. Bingham as 1st Lieutenant, Milwaukee Light Guards.
Military Ball Invitation
April 29, 1882
Printed invitation to the 2nd annual military ball of the Light Horse Squadron of Milwaukee. The invitation is printed in blue and gold and features illustrations of the Exposition Building where t...
Louis Allis
1901
Caricature of industrialist Louis H. Allis, son of Edward P. Allis. Louis founded the Mechanical Appliance Company in 1901, which manufactured DC motors for the horseless carriage industry. He chan...
Check for J. Alder Ellis
December 30, 1856
A Marshall & Isley, Bankers, check in the amount of $12,500.00 written to J. Alder Ellis from Samuel Marshall.
Fredman Bag Company Letterhead
Letterhead of the Fredman Bag Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturer of burlap and cotton bags and twines, with illustrations of two sacks, and a "Jute Twine: Let Us Supply Your Needs" stick...
Racine Light Guards
Oval group portrait of the Racine Light Guards posed in front of a painted background. Standing left to right: Arthur Mack, U.S. Grant (Corporal), Matthias Maus (?); and seated left to right: Charl...
