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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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Unidentified Man
circa 1860-1869
Quarter plate ambrotype of an unidentified man, probably a relative of the Chandler family. Quarter-length portrait, facing front, wearing a suit coat with velvet collar, damask vest, and tie. Chee...
Reverend Jason Lothrop
circa 1860-1869
Half plate ambrotype of Reverend Jason Lothrop of Kenosha, Wisconsin. Waist-up portrait facing front, torso slightly to left. He is wearing a suit and stand collar.
Colonel Peter Ege
circa 1860-1869
Half plate ferrotype/tintype. Waist-up portrait of Colonel Peter Ege. Hand-coloring gold detail on buttons.
Unidentified Woman
circa 1860-1869
Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of unidentified woman. Waist-up seated portrait, facing front. She is wearing a lace collar with brooch, a long-sleeved dress that appears to be silk or satin, and sil...
Unidentified Man
circa 1860-1869
Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of an unidentified man. Waist-up portrait facing forward, he is wearing a suit, bow tie, and checked vest. He is holding his the edge of his jacket with one hand. Hand...
Bessie F. Hawkins
circa 1860-1869
Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of Bessie F. Hawkins. Waist-up portrait facing forward and slightly to the left. She is wearing a printed dress.
