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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.
Downtown Milwaukee
1930
Elevated view down Wisconsin Avenue looking west, with the RKO Riverside Theatre on the right, and a large Christmas sign on the corner of a building on the left.
Wisconsin Avenue's Court of Honor
1943
Elevated view of Wisconsin Avenue, looking east from Court of Honor. Caption reads: "Court of Honor, Looking East, Milwaukee, Wisconsin."
Main Street Looking West
1915
View down center of Main Street. Automobiles are parked at the curbs, and streetcar tracks are running up the street. Caption reads: "Main Street Looking West, La Crosse, Wis."
Milwaukee's City Hall
1939
Elevated view from inside arch of building looking out to City Hall. A street is below, along with a parking lot full of cars, and several other buildings.
Allis-Chalmers Company
1935
Exterior of factory with a streetcar and parked cars in the background. Streetcar wires crisscross overhead, and in the foreground on the right are a group of people standing at the corner of the r...
National Avenue Looking East
1905
View down National Avenue. Storefronts line both sides of the road, and there are horse-drawn vehicles, pedestrians, and a streetcar. Caption reads: "National Ave., Looking East, Milwaukee."
