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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.
Dane County Traffic Police & Cycles
May 26, 1934
Dane County traffic police officers on their new Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
Jesse Smith at the Police Desk
October 12, 1931
Jesse Smith is on the job as desk sergeant at the Madison Police Department.
Dane County Traffic Police
May 26, 1934
Dane County traffic officers standing next to new Ford V8 automobiles and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
Wisconsin Telephone Co. Switchboard
August 3, 1931
Wisconsin Telephone Co. switchboard, rear view.
Wisconsin Telephone Co. Switchboard
August 3, 1931
Wisconsin Telephone Co. switchboard, front view.
