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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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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.
Beach Scene
August 30, 1953
View from the beach of people swimming, playing in the sand, and sunbathing.
Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches
August 3, 1953
Tom Carroll and his son Alan play in the water at the Vilas Park beach.
Crowd Watching Fireworks at Vilas Park
July 4, 1950
Thousands watch firework starbursts at Vilas Park on Tuesday Night.
Public Outdoor Drinking Fountain
June 16, 1952
Gail Habermann is shown in front of city hall using a new type of public drinking fountain called an 'angle jet' which replaces the old 'bubbler' type. The new type of water outlet was hoped to be ...
Annie, New Elephant at Henry Vilas Zoo
November 18, 1948
New Annie the elephant having her chains removed by attendents at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo).
Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches
August 3, 1953
Karen Jeffs of Alberta, Canada, plays in the sand at Vilas Park.
