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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.
Skateboard Handstands
April 6, 1985
Young men performing skateboard handstands on downtown sidewalks.
Man Performing a Handstand
A man performs a handstand in front of a doorway, with his back to the camera. He is wearing a shirt, trousers, shoes and a plaid cap.
Fishing Boat on the Lake
August 29, 1956
View from shoreline of boaters sitting in silhouette beyond a pier on a lake.
Scouts Receive Awards
May 22, 1957
Boy Scouts and Explorer Scouts receive the Eagle Scout rank or the Explorer Silver Award, scouting's highest awards at a scouting court of honor ceremony.
Old Grocer in his Office
June 21, 1960
William Behnke goes over bills in his office at the rear of his store, which was in business since July 12, 1899.
Fixing a Bicycle Wheel
June 16, 1988
One boy steadies a bike while his friend tightens the nut on the front wheel to complete a tire repair.
