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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.
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
View of Main Street. Business signs read: "Rugby Confectioner," "The "Grill" Cafe," "Lyric," "Drugs," "Millinery" and "Mrs. Fredricksen Naturopath."
Storefronts in Business District
1900
View down a street in the business district. Signs read: "Security Bank" and "Drugs."
North 4th Street
1910
View of North 4th Street. Scene features pedestrians and carriages outside local businesses.
Rudolf Pharmacy, Cafe and Hotel
The Rudolf Pharmacy, Cafe and Hotel. Business signs read: "Rudolf Pharmacy" "Dr. G.H. Hansen Dentist," "Rex," "Herradura and Plantation Co.," "Hotel Rudolf," "(obscured) L.S. Platou Physician and S...
Shopping District
Stores in the shopping district. Business signs read: "Laura Conklin Millinery," "Dr. Wilfley Surgeon" and "Jumbo Clothing and Shoe Co." The Jumbo store has an elephant-shaped electric sign hanging...
