click zoom to display a high-res image
Publication Information
Physical Description
Collection Information
Copyright Information
W0127G3
WHi 45636
Image
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.
Attribution
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.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
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.
Mountain Meadow at Interstate Park
circa 1920
Mountain meadow at Interstate Park. This area was an ancient lake which became filled with peat. Prehistoric bison bones, copper points, and flint arrow points were found at the lower end of this m...
Wisconsin Flint Weapon Points
circa 1920
Five examples of typical Wisconsin flint weapon points found at Interstate Park.
Uncovering Bison Bones
1936
Three men looking over the process of uncovering bones of a bison in Interstate Park.
Bison Jaw in the Peat Pit
1936
The jaw bone of Bison Occidentalis in the peat pit at Interstate Park.
Conical Mounds at Morris Park
circa 1920
A row of conical mounds at Morris Park on the west side of Lake Mendota, in or near Governor Nelson State Park.
