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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.
First Hint
1957
Blood Root flowers blossoming alongside a rotting log in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum.
Night Ballet
1957
Two ballerinas looking out towards the audience are dancing on a stage, with a spotlight outlining them with light. The dancer on the right is holding an umbrella over her shoulder.
Elevated View down Wisconsin Avenue
Elevated view down Wisconsin Avenue towards Lake Mendota.
Crawford's Custard
View from street towards the front of Crawford's Custard. The sign in front reads "Fountain Service" and "Curb Service." A car is parked on the left side of the building.
View of State Street
1955
View through a glass door towards a woman walking on the sidewalk past a parked car. On the opposite side of the street are signs for Madison Surgical Supply and the Rengstorff Book Store.