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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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Skelgas Trailer
September 28, 1938
Three-quarter view from left rear of a Skelgas trailer, showing two gas tanks, being pulled by an automobile, parked in front of Suburban Gas & Appliance Co., 1923 Monroe Street.
Taylor's Super Service Gas Station
January 6, 1939
View from street towards two men filling the gas tanks of a car and truck at Jack D. Taylor's Super Service Station, 751-753 Williamson Street. This Art Deco style building is located at the corner...
Diamond Gas Station
May 9, 1937
Two men service an automobile at Lewis D-X Diamond Service Station, 118 King Street at S. Webster Street, with the Wisconsin State Capitol visible in the background.
Every House Appliance Co. Car and Trailer
August 13, 1936
Parked automobile with Every-House Appliance Co. trailer-hitched, and advertising that reads: "Every House Needs Westinghouse," in front of the Westinghouse distributor at 114 E. Main Street.
Truck for Speed Queen Appliances
January 4, 1943
Semi-trailer truck with lettering on the side: "Speed Queen Washers Ironers, Barlow & Seelig Mfg. Co., Ripon, Wis." There are storage tanks in the background.
Every House Appliance Co. Trailer
August 13, 1936
Every-House Appliance Co. trailer with a sign that reads: "Every house needs Westinghouse," 114 E. Main Street.
