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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.
Chinchilla Fur Coat
January 21, 1951
The only "let-out" coat made of matched chinchilla fur in existence is modeled by an unidentified woman at a Milwaukee style show.
Duke Ellington Getting Ready
November 24, 1951
Duke Ellington is knotting his necktie in a mirror prior to a performance at the Milwaukee Arena.
State High School Basketball Tournament Teams
March 14, 1956
Group portrait of the West Allis-Hale High school basketball team.
Milwaukee Braves
April 9, 1954
Portrait of Milwaukee Braves general manager John Quinn(?) seated at a desk.
Milwaukee Braves
April 9, 1954
Portrait of Hall of fame Milwaukee Braves outfielder Henry Aaron in front of the dugout at County Stadium.
Milwaukee County Stadium
April 9, 1954
Elevated panoramic view of Milwaukee County Stadium showing the "batter's trees" in center field and a game in progress.
