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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.
Attribution
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.
Shopping District
View of a shopping district. Business signs read: "The Right Price Department Store," "Valley City (obscured) Prescription Druggists," "Meat Market," "The Fair," "Hub Pool Room," "Short Order Resta...
Main Street
Main street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Business sign reads: "The Adell Cafe."
First Street
View of the First Street business district looking east. Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles are in the street. Business signs read: "Bank" "Drug Store," "A.M. Freerksen Justice of the Peace," "We...
Storefronts in Business District
1900
View down a street in the business district. Signs read: "Security Bank" and "Drugs."
East Columbia Street Business District
View of the East Columbia Street business district, lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and automobiles. Business signs read: "City Drug Store" "Hoy Grocery Co." and "Book Store." Logo on fro...
Street Scene
Business signs read: "Crystal Palace Liquor Co.," "Rock & Christy" and "Headquarters Saloon" (partially obscured). Caption reads: "Street Scene."
