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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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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.
Crowded Lake Street
circa 1890-1899
Elevated view of Lake Street, east from Clark Street, crowded with traffic.
North Clark Street
1890 - 1899
View of North Clark Street, including the Clark Street Theater. There is a horse-drawn wagon on the street, and streetcar tracks are visible.
State Street in Chicago
circa 1890-1899
Elevated view down State Street, north from Madison. There is a horse-drawn trolley in the street and a crowd of people on the sidewalks.
Board of Trade District
circa 1890-1899
View down a street between high-rise buildings in the Board of Trade District.
Fountain in South Park
circa 1890-1899
A man has stopped his carriage at the fountain in South Park so his horse can drink water. A woman sits beside the driver, and a young boy stands behind the carriage.
Lakefront in Chicago
circa 1890-1899
Elevated view of rows of railroad cars at the lakefront in Chicago, south of the Randolph Street viaduct.
