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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.
Attribution
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.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
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.
Sailboat near Shoreline
A group of people on a sailboat sailing towards a group of people who are waving from a concrete embankment.
Damaged Christopher Columbus Cruise Vessel
Large crowd looking at the damaged Christopher Columbus cruise vessel at dock. Constructed in 1893, the Christopher Columbus was the only passenger-carrying whaleback steamer ever built. Eighteen p...
Grain Ship from Shoreline
View from shoreline of a grain ship on the Kinnickinnic River. There are industrial buildings in the background.
Waves Crashing
Elevated view of Lake Michigan, showing waves crashing near a row of pilings.
Pathfinder Car near Bridge
The Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder car driving from a road onto a bridge.
Ice Chunks on Water
Ice chunks floating on the water near houses. People are standing watching nearby.
