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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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Tipi Gas Station
May 26, 1937
Exterior view of a filling station built to resemble a teepee.
Gas Station
1930
Gas station. The Tudor-revival style of this station represents gas station owners' trend to adopt domestic architectural styles as they moved into residential neighborhoods. Also typical is the f...
Boarded-Up Gas Station
March 10, 1981
Exterior view of a boarded-up Amoco gas station at 6731 W. North Avenue.
Mayville Buick Dealer
November 12, 1981
The Crescent Garage. Although the photograph dates from 1981, the curb-side gas pumps are a throwback to the early days of gas stations. The Crescent Garage was not only a service station, but it w...
Refueling, Wisconsin Air National Guard
1963
A KC-97 of the 126th Refueling Squadron, Wisconsin Air National Guard, refueling an F-84 fighter over eastern Wisconsin.
Street Corner
July 5, 1965
Street corner with gasoline station, 7-Up sign in front of restaurant next door, and several storefronts across the street.
