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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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For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
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.
S.S. Harvester
July 15, 1911
The S.S. Harvester on the building ways before launching. The ship was built for the Wisconsin Steel Company, a subsidiary of International Harvester. The 545-foot all steel freighter was built by ...
Menu for Farewell Dinner on Board R.M.S. Volendam
January 22, 1939
Exterior and page from the interior of the menu for the farewell dinner aboard the R.M.S. Volendam, with party streamers and dinner guests in formal dress holding up drink glasses and posing on bub...
Christening the S.S. Harvester
July 15, 1911
Christening ceremony for the S.S. Harvester. The ship was built for the Wisconsin Steel Company, a subsidiary of International Harvester. The 545-foot all steel freighter was built by the American ...
Dionne Quintuplets Ship Launch
May 9, 1943
Composite photograph of the Dionne Quintuplets and the five ships they launched at the Walter Shipbuilding Company. An inset of Yvonne, Annette, Émilie, Cécile, and Marie holding bouquets is at bot...
Launching S.S. Robert M. La Follette
January 10, 1942
S.S. Robert M. La Follette splashing into the Industrial Canal at its launch.
Good Old Days
December 20, 1949
Betsy Bordman and Richard Snodgress are dressed in formal attire, ready to attend holiday parties.
