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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.
Early Electrical Switchboard
1882
A man shows off an incandescent lamp switchboard with bamboo filiament, lamp receptacle with wooden base, current and pressure indicators and controlling devices at the electrical plant operated by...
Westward-looking View of Hydroelectric Plants
Elevated view of hydroelectric plants on the Fox River. Caption reads: "Water Power - Looking West. Appleton, Wis."
Hydroelectric Central Station
1954
Exterior view of a reproduction of the world's first hydroelectric central station. It is located near the site of the original, which began operation on September 30, 1882.
Fox River Water Power Plant
Elevated view across river toward the power plant, along with a bridge, trees, and smokestacks. Caption reads: "Water Power, Fox River, Appleton, Wis."
Aerial View of Power Plant
1930
Aerial view of the construction of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company power plant on the shore of Lake Michigan.
Aerial View of Wisconsin Power and Light Company
1940
Aerial view of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company generating plant and dam.
