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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.
Street Scene
Street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric lines hang over the street. Sign in window reads: "J.B. Thompson Lawyer."
Elm Street
1910
View looking down Elm Street, featuring horse-drawn carriages, pedestrians, buildings, railway tracks, and storefronts. Caption reads: "Manchester, Elm Street, Looking South."
Street Scene
1905
Street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts, an electric cable car and pedestrians. Electric power lines hang over the street. Business signs read: "First National Bank," "Brown Sisters Millin...
Trolley Street Scene
View looking down North Street, featuring storefronts, pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, cars, a bicycle, and a trolley traveling down the street.
Business Distric Street Scene
1910
View looking down a street in the business district, featuring storefronts, pedestrians, a bicycle, and cars.
First Street
First street lined with trees, storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians.