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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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Apollo on the Wisconsin River
Elevated view of the touring boat "Apollo" returning through the Jaws of the Wisconsin River. The Jaws area is comprised of the space between High Rock and Romance Cliff.
Sturgeon Rock
View of Sturgeon Rock in the Narrows. The Narrows is a channel of the Wisconsin River that is 52 feet wide and 100 feet deep. On the far right is a small boat in the river.
In the Narrows, Wisconsin River Dells
1920
View across river towards the rear of the excursion boat "Apollo" in the narrows of the dells. Rock formations are on the left. Caption reads: "In the Narrows, Wisconsin River Dells, Kilbourn, Wis."
River Boats
Elevated view towards opposite shoreline where river boats are docked on the bank of the Wisconsin River. The Dells Landing is visible behind the "Winnebago" excursion boat.
Moving Shadows in the Narrows
View of the Narrows, a channel of the Wisconsin River that is 52 feet wide and 100 feet deep. The first bridge spanning the river was built across the Narrows in 1848 and swept away by high water i...
Steamboat Rock
View of Steamboat Rock, a rock formation on the Wisconsin River. A small boat can be seen on the shore of the river. Caption reads: "Camera Work by Sweet MPLS."
