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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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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.
Horse Racing at "The Finish"
Harnessed horses race past the judge's stand while spectators watch from the sidelines at The Finish, a dirt racetrack.
Carriage On a Wooded Lane
A horse-drawn carriage on a wooded lane. Caption reads: "Lake Minnewaska."
Street Scene
View down a high-traffic dirt road featuring shops and horse-drawn carriages.
Fire Department Carts With Huge Water Barrels
Men steer mule-drawn Fire Department carts down a dirt road in Matamoros, Mexico. Several buildings stand in the background.
Huntington Casino
Exterior of Huntington Casino, built in 1905. Stairs lead to a balcony where awnings cover an area for outdoor seating. Caption reads: "Made for the Gildersleeve Shop."
Sulky Racing
Horses harnessed to sulkies pass the judge's stand at Goshen Historic Track as spectators look on from the grandstand and sidelines. Goshen Historic Track opened in 1838 and is known as the world's...
