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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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New York Street Scene
A street scene of early New York City, featuring a building-lined street, with people walking, riding horses, and riding in carriages. Also pictured are numerous dogs, and a church in the distance....
Wharf Scene Illustration
1800
An illustration depicting an early scene at the wharf in New York City. Many sailing ships are along the left side of the illustration, and "Leeds" is the name of one ship. Pedestrians, cargo and h...
Chicago City Opera Company Schedules
1910
Selection of weekly schedules for the Chicago City Opera Company. The front includes an illustration of the entrance to the Civic Opera House (currently the Civic Theatre).
Letter from William Backhouse Astor to Elizabeth T. Baird (1810-1890), 1875 May 10
May 10, 1875
William B. Astor writes to Elizabeth Baird regarding the death of her husband, Henry Baird (1800-1875) and the transfer his agency with Astor to Baird's son-in-law, James Baker.
Letter from William Backhouse Astor to Henry Baird (1800-1875), 1861 July 9
July 9, 1861
William B. Astor writes to Henry Baird (1800-1875) asking him to accept the responsibility of Astor's father's agency.
Metropolitan Opera Celebration
April 27, 1935
Elevated view of a crowd of Metropolitan Opera singers celebrating longtime manager of the New York Metropolitan Opera, Giulio Gatti-Casazza. The surprise celebration took place on boaerd the Itali...
