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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 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.
Fishing Nets on Mississippi River
circa 1900-1909
Fishing nets and implements and boats along the shoreline of the Mississippi River, with buildings visible in the background.
Father and Child Wading in River
circa 1900-1909
A father and young child are wading in a river.
Group on Dock Watching Sailboats
1900
A group of men and women standing on a dock watching sailboats cast off. The tree covered shoreline is visible in the distance.
Steamer Quincy on Mississippi River
circa 1890-1899
The stern view of the sidewheel packet, Quincy, on the Mississippi River. Later named J.S.
Steamship Manitou, Northern Michigan Transit Co.
circa 1900-1909
A drawing of the screw passenger and freight vessel, Manitou, underway with small boat in foreground. Later named Isle Royale.
