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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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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.
Wisconsin State Fair
August 1993
"Bungee jumpers at Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee."
Wisconsin State Fair
August 1993
"One of the staples at the Wisconsin State Fair is cream puffs. Shirley Widmer is enjoying one."
Amusement Rides
circa 1950-1959
Crowds wandering among the amusement rides at the Wisconsin State Fair. In the background is the ride known as the "Rocket Bomber."
Roller Coaster
circa 1950-1959
Young children ride a small roller coaster at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Crowds at the Wisconsin State Fair
1900
Elevated view of crowds at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Uncle Bob's Train at the Wisconsin State Fair
August 20, 1952
Boys wave from the passenger cars of Uncle Bob's train, while a crowd watches the amusement park ride at the Wisconsin State Fair.
