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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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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.
Scenic View
1918
View of Grafton from across a dam on the Milwaukee River. St. Joseph's Catholic Church is in the distance on a hill. Caption reads: "Scenic View, Grafton, Wis."
Broadway View of Dam and Bridge Over Fox River
1920
Color-enhanced postcard with an elevated view of the dam and swing bridge over the lock on the Fox River. Caption reads: "Birdseye View of Dam and Bridge over Fox River, De Pere, Wis."
Grafton Foundry
circa 1910-1919
View of the Grafton Foundry — a stone factory building with many windows. Caption reads: "Grafton Foundry, Grafton, Wis."
Aerial View of Arcadia
May 22, 1906
Aerial view of the city and rolling hills in the background. A bridge crossing the Trempealeau River is also visible.
Elevated View of Baraboo River
1909
Elevated view of the Baraboo River. The main part of town is on the far left shoreline. On the right industrial buildings are near a bridge spanning the river. In the foreground is a dirt road cros...
Bird's-Eye View of So. Germantown
1907
Slightly elevated view of Germantown from across a grassy field. Caption reads: "Birdseye [sic] View of So. Germantown, Wis."
