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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.
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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.
Two Men Smoking Cigars
Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men smoking cigars and wearing summer hats. Joseph Bowar is sitting, and his brother, Jacob Bowar, is standing next to him.
Young Boy with Tricycle
1908
Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young boy with a tricycle.
Studio Portrait of Men Drinking Beer
1915
Studio portrait of three men smoking pipes and cigars and holding beer bottles in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, Jacob Bowar, Herman Kalscheur, and Joseph Bowar.
Man in Suit
Full-length studio portrait of Jake Esser dressed in a suit and tie standing in front of a painted backdrop.
Man Wearing Suit
Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified man dressed in a suit with a bow tie and hat.
Two Boys in Indian Costume
Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Clemen and Mel Kalscheur dressed in Indian costume.
