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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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Durfee Brothers Roofing
May 10, 1935
Durfee Brothers Roofing Co. truck in front of a home, Jos. P. Slightam residence) at 341 West Wilson Street, with a roofer installing shingles on the steeply-pitched roof.
Laying Gas Mains
August 26, 1929
Laying gas mains on University Avenue to Shorewood.
Roofing the Tenney Building
December 27, 1929
Four men laying Novoid Corkboard on the roof of the Tenney Building, located at 110 East Main Street.
State Bank of Wisconsin Addition
October 22, 1929
Workers posing on the balcony of the State Bank of Wisconsin addition under construction, 1 West Main Street.
Mechanic Greasing Wheel Bearings
August 16, 1930
A mechanic employed by Capital Garage, 608-612 East Washington Avenue in Madison, greases the wheel bearings of an automobile on the hoist.
Klein Dickert House Painters
June 3, 1935
Three Klein-Dickert Co. painters with two ladders are painting a house located at 2315 Rugby Row.