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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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Clear Lake School Classroom
1925
Students sitting in a classroom in the Clear Lake School. Gaylord Nelson, later governor of Wisconsin and a United States senator, is sitting at the front of the third row from the left.
Clear Lake High School Band in front of School
1930
The band poses for a group portrait, most likely in front of a school building; the boys are dressed in uniform and are holding their instruments. Gaylord Nelson played the trumpet in the band and ...
Gaylord Nelson on Horseback
1939
Gaylord Nelson, later Wisconsin governor, United State senator, and a leading environmentalist of his era, on horseback at a ranch in Rosebud, Montana.
Central High School Football Team
November 1, 1935
Outdoor group portrait of the Central High School football team in uniform.
Edgewood High School Football Team
September 3, 1954
Coach Earl Wilke, left, kneels in the second row, amongst the 37 players of the Edgewood High School football team.