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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.
Railroad Yard
1909
Colorized view depicting what was then the "new" Chicago, Northwestern Railroad Yard. Caption reads: "New C. & N. W. R. R. Yards, Janesville, Wis."
Modern Locomotive
1902
Depiction of the "modern" locomotive at the beginning of the 20th century.
The Yards in Winter
1950
View down railroad tracks towards a tall building. Smoke is billowing from the locomotive.
Wisconsin Central Freight Cars
May 5, 1897
Elevated view of Wisconsin Central freight cars in a rural storage yard near Manitowoc.
Superior Depot
September 10, 1939
View down railroad tracks towards the Central Avenue depot and the railroad crossing.
"Bryan Day" at Milwaukee Road Depot
1905
A large crowd at the Milwaukee Road depot, perhaps to greet William Jennings Bryan on the incoming train. The malthouse can be seen in the distance.
