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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.
Pottawatomie Log Cabin
circa 1880-1945
An old log cabin on snowy land on Rock Island (also known as Pottawatomie Island).
Pottawatomie Lighthouse
circa 1880-1945
Exterior view of the "Pottawatomie" lighthouse in snowy expanse of land, with the lake in the background.
Rock Island Pagoda
circa 1880-1945
A view of the Rock Island Pagoda on the Thordarson Estate on Washington Island.
Chester Thordarson
circa 1920-1945
Studio portrait of Chester Thordarson seated with books and a pencil.
Log Cabin
1914
Log cabin known as the "haunted house" on Rock Island, remodeled by Chester Thordarson. There are three people sitting on the porch.
1,000,000 Volt Coil
circa 1910-1919
Workers construct a 1,000,000 volt coil at Thordarson Electical Manufacturing Company.
