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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.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the 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.
Farmhouse Hazards
August 1927
A child sitting on the floor of a farmhouse kitchen near a cloth-covered table. A lit oil lamp, pot, and utensils are sitting on the table, illustrating the danger of leaving children unattended ar...
Woman Drying Dishes
1916
A woman wearing an apron is standing near a wheeled butler's tray while drying dishes in a kitchen. A sink, table, chair and utensils are behind her.
Woman Washing Dishes
Woman washing dishes in a kitchen sink. Kitchen utensils are hanging on the wall and the cabinets are open, revealing cleaning supplies made by Lux, Bon Ami, and other manufacturers.
Woman Cooking on Electric Plate
October 1927
A woman mixing food in a pot heated on an electric plate.
Kitchen Cabinet and Table
June 1923
A table with built-in cabinets and shelf space standing in the middle of a farmhouse kitchen, next to a wooden chair to the left and a stove and ovens to the right.
Woman in Kitchen
1919
A woman wearing an apron standing near a wheeled butler's tray in a kitchen. A sink, table, and chair are standing against the wall, and various cooking utensils and dishes are on the table and on ...
