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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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Comanche Implement Company
October 28, 1924
Interior view of the Comanche Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. A stationary engine is on the floor.
McCormick-Deering Engine at "A Century of Progress"
June 21, 1933
McCormick-Deering 3-horsepower stationary engine on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
Rocket Amusement Ride at Canadian Exhibition
September 26, 1938
Men and women look on as people ride on the "Rocket" amusement ride at the Canadian National Exposition. The ride was owned by Miller Amusement Enterprises and powered by an International U-7 power...
"Girlesk Revue" Stage at Iowa State Fair
1946
Elevated view of an audience gathering around the "Girlesk Revue" stage at the Iowa State Fair. The signs in the background read: "Roller Skaters; Bicycle Riders; High Divers; Tight Rope Walkers; E...
Engine Powered Cement Mixer
July 18, 1927
A man pouring mixed concrete into a wheelbarrow. The cement mixer is powered by a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 h.p. stationary engine.
Sawing Logs
January 6, 1923
Men use a saw powered by an International Harvester stationary engine. The men are handling logs while two children are looking on.
