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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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Chess Match
March 9, 1989
Calvin Johnson, right, Custer High School chess champion, takes on Paul Henk to defend his title.
Family Night Watching the Tube
September 30, 1967
A woman sits with her ten children surrounding her and watches TV.
Archery Practice
September 20, 1988
A father gives his young son archery pointers in Kletzsch Park while his daughter looks on.
Kids on Roller Skates
June 26, 1986
Kids make a "train," with the bicyclist in the front pulling three girls on roller skates along a sidewalk.
Food Drive for Thanksgiving
November 18, 1965
Elementary school students collect nonperishable food to be distributed by the Salvation Army.
