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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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Telstar Satellite Cut-away Drawing
1962
A cutaway drawing of the Bell System's experimental Telstar communications satellite.
Technician Working on Telstar
1962
A technician prepares the ends of cable wires in the Telstar satellite.
Minow and Telstar Model
1962
Newton Minow and another man look at a model of the Telstar satellite.
Drawing of Bell System's Earth Station
1962
An illustration of the Bell System's earth station showing some of its functional uses with the Telstar communications satellite.
