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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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Mrs. Granere with Maytag Washer
October 1923
Mrs. Granere starting a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine in order to power a Maytag washer.
Woman with Engine-Powered Washing Machine
October 1923
Mrs. Granere using a washing machine powered by a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm (Harvester Farm).
Mrs. Granere Washing Clothing
October 1923
Mrs. Granere using a Maytag wringer and two metal rinsing buckets to wash clothing on the International Harvester demonstration farm.
Woman Using Washing Machine and Wringer
October 1923
Mrs. Waggoner using a Coffield electric washing machine and wringer to launder clothing on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm (Harvester Farm). A laundry basket is sitting on the ...
Woman Using Electric Washing Machine
June 1923
Mrs. J.E. Waggoner passing plaid fabric through a wringer after using an electric washing machine. A washboard is hanging on the wall in the background, and a laundry basket is on the floor.
Self-Wringing Mop
1923
Mrs. Jake George standing on a wooden porch while using a foot pedal to wring excess water from a mop.
