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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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Elevated View of the Mississippi River
View of two bridges on the Mississippi River and the working river banks. A number of boats are in the water and cargo is stacked on the shore.
Railroad Car and Engine Ferry
View of a barge transporting railroad cars and an engine across a river. Several men are on the barge, including one on an overhead structure. Text on photograph reads: "Ferry At New Orleans, LA."
Kilbourn Bridge View
circa 1890-1899
View of Kilbourn bridge with railroad train. Steamboat and rowboats at edge of river.
Fishing Boats
Fishing boats and a wharf along a canal. A bait shop is in the foreground.
Steamboat "W.T. Gallaher"
View of the steamboat "W.T. Gallaher" docked in the Clinch River. Two boys are on the boat, and a sign painted on the side and top reads: "W.T. Gallaher." "W.T. Gallaher Chattanooga" is on the rear...
"Clermont" Steamboat Drawing
A copy of Robert Fulton's steamboat "Clermont" drawing. Illustration depicts a large steamboat on a river. Many people are on board. The boat features a smokestack, paddle wheel, sail and a shelter...
