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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.
Jeanne DeBarr, Forsberg Box Company Employee
February 1, 1945
Jeanne DeBarr, a blind employee working at Forsberg Box Company, with her dog.
Aerial View of Forsberg Paper Box Company
May 8, 1947
Aerial view of the Forsberg Paper Box Company, 2107 Fordem Avenue. View looks to the northeast toward Oscar Mayer.
Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac Personnel
April 4, 1945
People signing up to work at RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac), a battery manufacturer.
Edwards Tire Company
December 15, 1945
"Ole" Odegaard, tire repairman at Edwards Tire Company, 506 University Avenue, re-treading tires.
Flooded Building Under Construction
July 18, 1946
Man standing in flood water at the building under construction for Forsberg Paper Box Company, 2107 Fordem Avenue.
Ira Cole, Retiring Gisholt Employee
February 2, 1945
Ira Cole, Gisholt employee for forty-six years, standing at his locker in his work clothes as he retires from work.
