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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.
Bates Bedspreads and Draperies
August 18, 1953
Emporium Department Store window display of Bates bedspreads and draperies with sign that reads: "Back to School."
Shoe Stockroom at Borenstein Dry Goods Store
May 3, 1954
Shoe salesman, Larry Borenstein, standing in a narrow aisle of the shoe stockroom at Borenstein's Dry Goods Store located at 1980-81 Atwood Avenue.
Stassi's Shoe Store, Shorewood Corners Shopping Center
May 13, 1953
Nick Stassi standing in front of shelving stacked with boxes of shoes in his store in the Shorewood Corners Shopping Center, 3232 University Avenue.
Living Room Furniture
June 4, 1953
Living room furniture for sale at Town and Country House, furniture store.
Portrait of Larry Borenstein
May 3, 1954
Quarter-length portrait of shoe salesman, Larry Borenstein, who worked in the family department store, Borenstein's Dry Goods Store, located in the Atwood neighborhood.
Town and Country Living Room Furniture
May 21, 1953
Grouping of living room furniture for sale at Town and Country House, 3320 University Avenue.