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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.
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.
Jacob Gates
Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Jacob Gates sitting. Written at top of print: "Uncle Jacob Gates. Aged 91 years. Nov. 28, 1871." Written at bottom of print: Jacob Gates, age 91, No...
Carrie Davis
Carte-de-visite head and shoulders vignetted portrait of Carrie Davis. Written on print: "Once a prospective wife — like a hundred others of L.J. Gates deferred for the imaginary unseen flower."
LeRoy J. Gates
Quarter-length vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of LeRoy J. Gates. Written on the print: "Yours Truly, LeRoy J. Gates. Photographer, Artist, Wis."
Libbie Knose
1863
Hand-colored, Carte-de-visite portrait of a woman sitting. Her shawl and her collar have been colored. Written on print: "Libbie Knose of Dell Prairie, Wis. Taken by L.J. Gates 1863-64."
Old Bridge
Oval-framed view of old bridge. Written on top left of mat: "Old Bridge over Wis. River near Gates Ravine. Taken by Leroy Gates."
T.J. Favorite
Carte-de-visite waist-up portrait of a man wearing a suit. Written on the print: "A brother in law of L.J. Gates — Husband of Irma. T.J. Favorite, deceased husband of Irma R. Ehrman."
