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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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Cotton Bales On A Wharf
Elevated view of a large number of cotton bales on a wharf with a train crossing through the scene. "Frisco" is clearly written on all the cars of the train.
Men Posing in Cornfield
1915
Two men pose in a cornfield with very tall corn stalks.
Cotton Compress with Bales of Cotton
1915
Thousands of bales of cotton with a water tower and a building with smokestacks in the background. Caption reads: "Ada Compress, 10,000 Bales Cotton In Sight, Ada, Okla."
Counting Bales of Cotton
1905
Men standing around as a number of bales of cotton are being counted on the cotton compress. Caption reads: "Cotton Compress, Shawnee, Oklahoma."
Baling Hay
1915
Several agricultural workers are shown baling hay in the vicinity of Tulsa.
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
1920
The Oklahoma Portland Cement Company, built in 1906, had a capacity of 12 cars a day. Caption reads: "Oklahoma Portland Cement Co. Capacity 12 cars a day, Ada, OKLA."
