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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.
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.
Postal Employees Demand Higher Wages
August 1919
View down long line of workers from the United States Postal Service demonstrating for an increase in salary to meet war-time cost of living increases.
Television Store
June 1, 1956
A man standing in a television retail store. A number of television sets are displayed, including one Hallicrafters set.
Mowing the Lawn with Baby
May 5, 1985
Father carrying his infant son on his back while mowing the lawn.
Vending Machines
April 20, 1967
High school freshman use vending machines for lunch.
Atomic Plant Demonstration
Elevated view of a demonstration of a nuclear reactor driven energy plant.
