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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.
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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.
Senior Center Tour
January 1979
Congressman David Obey (right) enjoys lunch at a senior center in his northern Wisconsin congressional district.
Flag Raising in Rudolph
September 1995
Local members of the VFW raise a new flag in front of the Rudolph Municipal Building. The flag, which had flown over the U.S. Capitol, was presented by Congressman David R. Obey.
Obey Replies to Reagan
August 30, 1986
Congressman David R. Obey delivering the Democrat's reply to a Labor Day speech by President Ronald Reagan.
Clean Suit
August 29, 1995
Congressman David R. Obey putting on protective clothing for a tour of the Cray Computer facility.
Obey and Lilly
1976
Congressman David R. Obey in his congressional office with Legislative Aide Scott Lilly.
Running for Re-election
1970
Running hard for re-election after having served less than a full term, Congressman David R. Obey greets card-playing seniors.
