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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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Swimming Safety
June 14, 1944
Lifeguard Tom Langlois in a rowboat is issuing a warning to James Bergman who is swimming outside the ropes that delineate the safe swimming area.
Swimming Safety
May 14, 1944
Lifeguard Georgia Haas is applying artificial respiration to Lewis Noonan at the beach.
Swimming Safety
June 14, 1944
Lifeguard Kenneth Harwick applying a first aid bandage to the foot of Hazel Gehri, who is holding a shattered milk bottle left on the beach.
Swimming Safety
May 14, 1944
Linda Seed, lifeguard, is removing sand from the eye of John Hilhard with the help of Jackie Klopp, who is handing her an ampule of olive oil to soothe John's eye.
Swimming Safety
June 14, 1944
Private Fred Schneider and wife with crowd in the water at a beach.
Swimming Safety
June 14, 1944
Lois Cook, Noreen Killiher, and Geraldine Clark having a snack on the beach and waiting one hour before they swim.
