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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.
Catching a Water Balloon
July 13, 1989
A boy stretches to catch a water-filled balloon.
Children in Sack Race
August 11, 1971
Children wearing large sacks up to their waists and racing each other.
Science Project
February 27, 1989
Student demonstrates his science project that tests the effectiveness of aspirin.
Chess Match
March 9, 1989
Calvin Johnson, right, Custer High School chess champion, takes on Paul Henk to defend his title.
Archery Practice
September 20, 1988
A father gives his young son archery pointers in Kletzsch Park while his daughter looks on.
Skateboard Handstands
April 6, 1985
Young men performing skateboard handstands on downtown sidewalks.