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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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Syl and Aunt Helen at Wild Rose Cottage
1900
Syl and aunt Helen at Wild Rose cottage. Syl leans over the railing of the porch while Helen reclines in a hammock reading a book.
Syl Fishing at Sturgeon Bay
1899
A young Syl fishing with three other adults off a pier using cane poles.
Syl and Pa Lighting Fireworks
July 4, 1901
Syl and Pa, both wearing hats, sit on a lawn lighting fireworks. There is a tent or open-sided awning behind them among trees.
Syl and Uncle Archie Posing in Tree
July 7, 1901
Syl and "Uncle" Archie posing sitting in a tree at Sylvan Lodge.
Aunt Helen Sitting with Syl
circa 1880-1889
Aunt Helen sitting indoors next to a window with Syl on her lap.
Syl, Harold and Gordon with Fireworks
July 4, 1901
Syl, Gordon and Harold playing with fireworks on a lawn. A hammock strung between two trees is visible in the background.
