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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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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.
Sampan Boat in Hong Kong Harbor
September 1951
A sampan boat in Hong Kong harbor. Perhaps what caught the photographer's eye was the laundry on the boat hanging out to dry.
Pakistani Boats
1951
Overhead view of Doonga houseboats on the Jhelum River in Pakistan.
Doonga Houseboats on the Jhelum River
September 1951
Doonga houseboats tied up on the Jhelum River in India.
Hong Kong Harbor Scene
September 1951
The large, ornamental office building of Thomas Cook and Sons on the waterfront in Hong Kong. The firm was one of the oldest and largest travel companies in the world.
Muslim Refugee from India
September 1951
A Muslim refugee from India in Karachi, Pakistan.
