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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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Stovetop
1920
Pots, kitchen utensils, and two irons sitting on the stove of a wood-burning oven. A framed painting and a dustpan hang on the wall in the background.
Pressure Kettle
November 1919
A woman wearing a full-length apron using a pressure kettle on a stove top, probably for home canning.
Woman Cooking on Electric Plate
October 1927
A woman mixing food in a pot heated on an electric plate.
Woman Cooking at Electric Stove
1927
A woman stirs a pot on a six-burner electric stove. Two Hotpoint automatic electric ovens stand beside the stove, and canisters and teapots stand on the stove and on surrounding counters and shelves.
Woman Canning in Kitchen
1915
A woman is using a towel to remove a can from a stove top pressure boiler. Additional cans are sitting on the counter beside her, and the boiler lid and other tools are on a shelf above the stove.
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.
