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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.
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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.
Docks at Jones Island
October 28, 1938
Docks and shanties at Jones Island, with smokestacks and cranes in the background.
Woman Writing at Desk
May 3, 1944
Woman sitting at a writing desk at Estella's. She is facing a bright window which has a window seat.
J. Robert Taylor on Motorcycle
1911
Front view of the photographer J. Robert Taylor on his motorcycle.
Fixing a Screen Door
October 1, 1938
J. Robert Taylor fixing a screen door. He is standing on the inside of the door, with a hammer in his right hand.
Man Standing near Fish Hung Up to Dry
October 28, 1938
Man inspecting fish hung up to dry in a yard on Jones Island.