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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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Bowlers at Milwaukee Auditorium
An audience watches bowlers at Milwaukee Auditorium. There is a Statue of Liberty replica in the seating area.
Man Holding Slipover Bowling Shoe
April 10, 1945
A man, possibly inventor Leo Kay, holding a slipover bowling shoe, which attaches to a regular street shoe.
Automatic Foul Detector
November 12, 1944
Emil Andel of the American Bowling Congress demonstrates an automatic foul detector in a bowling alley.
Setting Up Pins
February 19, 1956
Father and daughter Theodore and Janet Weiss setting up bowling pins on Dads Day at Milwaukee-Downer College.
Bertha Eichelberger Bowls in Five Leagues
January 30, 1987
A woman smiles for the camera as she poses with her bowling ball. The caption reads, "Bertha Eichelberger bowls in five leagues every week." She is wearing a bowling shirt with "Berth" embroidered ...
