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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.
Remains of a Fire
August 30, 1931
Elevated view of crowds gathering to survey the smoke and ash left after a fire demolished buildings.
Commercial Area Fire Damage
May 21, 1931
Fire scene from the east end, showing ruins of the Lins and Hood hardware and furniture store, a pool hall and confectionery store, with adults and children looking on.
Commercial Area Fire Damage
May 21, 1931
Fire scene from the west end, showing ruins of the Lins and Hood hardware and furniture store, a pool hall, and confectionary store, with adults and children looking on.
Clouds over Lake Monona
June 4, 1931
Clouds over Lake Monona. Railroad tracks are in the foreground on the left. The far shoreline is in the distance.
Ruins, Royal Airport Hangar
August 16, 1932
People looking at the ruins of the Royal Airport hangar and office after a fire. Viewed from the southwest.
Fire Damaged Texaco Station
January 17, 1931
Fire-damaged furnace and pump room in Texaco service station.
