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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 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.
Halloween Parade
October 31, 1977
Thousands of people from the inner city flocked to a Halloween Party given to help keep children off the street during the holiday.
Child at Candy Case
May 7, 1964
Americus Kates, 10, surveys the candy case before making his selections.
Darnell Yarbrough
July 26, 1977
A young man is hammering a nail into a pallet. Caption reads: "Darnell Yarbrough, 18, worked on wooden pallets at the JA [Junior Achievement] workshop."
Morris Gray
November 14, 1964
A young man is smiling and looking at a jazz trumpeter, of whom only his hands and trumpet can be seen. Caption reads: "Morris Gray, 11, of 2801 N. 11th St., seemed enthralled by Wetzel's jazz trum...
"Stop the Violence" Rally
May 20, 1989
Two young men stand together. One is holding a sign that is barely visible. Next to him is another sign that reads "Come and help STOP the VIOLENCE". Caption reads: Antonio Holder (left), 13, and J...
Chess Match
March 9, 1989
Calvin Johnson, right, Custer High School chess champion, takes on Paul Henk to defend his title.
