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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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For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
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.
Main Avenue
View down Main Avenue, a residential street lined with homes. Arthur Holford Contractor & Builder stands on the left.
Business District
circa 1910
View down Main Street looking south across First Avenue. Automobiles park outside shops and small businesses.
Main Street
circa 1910
View of Main Street looking north across Central Avenue. The business district features several shops and small businesses.
Business District
View of a business district intersection with a man climbing in the telephone wires overhead. An automobile is double-parked on the street.
Main Street From City Hall
View down Main Street from City Hall featuring horses and wagons, automobiles, and street cars. Stores line either side of the street.
Business District
View across intersection of the business district featuring the 'largest post clock in the United States,' located on the corner of Washington Avenue and Michigan Street. Pedestrians are near a str...
