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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.
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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.
Lake Mendota and Wisconsin State Capitol
1875
Lake Mendota shore looking east with A.L. Dahl's photographer's wagon on shore and the Wisconsin State Capitol visible in the background.
Views of the City of Madison From the Top of the Capitol, Looking West
1876
View from the Wisconsin State Capitol down State Street to Main Hall (later Bascom Hall), the University of Wisconsin and beyond. Entitled "Views of the city of Madison from the top of the Capitol...
Madison Brass Band at State Fair
September 10, 1879
The Madison Brass Band performing at the Wisconsin State Fair at Camp Randall. The view is facing east toward the Wisconsin State Capitol.
State Street
1874
A view from the 300 Block of State Street, looking east toward the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Capitol View of West Washington Avenue
circa 1870-1879
Elevated view looking down West Washington Avenue at the Congregational Church (on the left) and the Grace Episcopal Church, two of the era's large and lavish churches.
Interior of Wisconsin State Capitol Dome
1869
A view of the interior of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome, from the series "The Beauties of Madison and Surroundings."
