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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.
Lumberman Wreckage
View of a portion of the wreckage of the schooner Lumberman at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
The Cargo of the Milwaukee
September 16, 2014
Underwater view of sinks on board the Milwaukee, a portion of its last cargo.
Smokestack of the Milwaukee
August 1, 2014
Underwater view of a smokestack of the Milwaukee. While the ship is sitting upright, the smokestack is resting on the bottom of the lake bed.
The Skeleton of the Schooner Advance
2015
Underwater view of algae and mussels covering the wood skeletal frame of the Advance, a schooner built in 1853 and sunk in 1885. Most of the frame is laying splayed out on the floor of Lake Michiga...
The Schooner Pathfinder
August 19, 2014
Underwater view of the schooner Pathfinder. Algae is growing on the wood of the ship. A tape measure has been placed along the left side.
Abandoned Fishing Nets on Island City
August 12, 2018
Underwater view of abandoned fishing nets covering the port side bow of the schooner Island City.
