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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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1919 Ladder Fire Truck
May 13, 1947
1919 ladder fire truck at Fire Station No. 7, 2410 Monroe Street. Fire fighters (L to R), Capt. Arthur Emerson, Joseph Roberts, Harold Klein, Arthur Halverson, and Daryl Griffin.
Fire Station No. 4 Hay Loft
January 12, 1949
Fire fighters at Fire Station No. 4 working to convert the old hayloft at the station into a utility room. From left are fire fighters Fred Rice, Maurice Nason, Wilson Donkle, and Joe Tisserand.
Madison City Fire Department Fire Chief
September 30, 1944
Retiring Madison Fire Department Chief Richard Widmann with new Chief, Edward J. Page. Mrs. Richard Widmann (Leonore) looks on.
Doyon Lumber Co. Fire
May 11, 1947
Firemen at the scene of the Doyon Lumber Company fire, 638 West Mifflin Street. The Fiore coal silos are visible in the background.
Fitzpatrick Children's Birthday Party
January 10, 1947
Six young children seated around a table at a birthday party. Taken for Lawrence Fitzpatrick, managing editor of the "Wisconsin State Journal".
Bill Carow Olympic Skater
February 5, 1955
Fireman Bill Carow, member of the 1956 United States Olympic Ice Speed Skating Team.
