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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.
Freighter on River
Elevated rear view of the freighter "James Laughlin, Duluth". On the right is a sand dredge and large piles of sand. In the background on the left are industrial buildings.
Grain Ship from Shoreline
View from shoreline of a grain ship on the Kinnickinnic River. There are industrial buildings in the background.
Boats on River near Downtown
The "James E. McAlpine" in tow of tugboat "Conrad Starke" on the Milwaukee River.
Docks at Jones Island
October 28, 1938
Docks and shanties at Jones Island, with smokestacks and cranes in the background.
Tugboat Pulling Freighter through Ice
Tugboat pulling freighter "Mariposa" on Kinnickinnic River. The river has large chunks of ice floating on top, and industrial buildings are in the background.
