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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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Thom McAn Shoe Store
August 16, 1944
Clerks help customers try on shoes at the Thom McAn Shoe Store, 224 State Street.
Walk-Over Shoe Store Display Window
February 22, 1933
Walk-Over Shoe Store, 8 E. Mifflin Street, window display with handbags and Cabana shoes.
Chandler's Shoes Store
August 31, 1955
Grand Opening left side window display of the Chandler's Shoes store, 10 West Mifflin Street, with many pairs of women's shoes and handbags on display.
Walk-Over Shoe Store Display Window
March 29, 1934
Walk-Over Shoe Store, 8 E. Mifflin Street, display window for National Foot Health Week with National Recovery Administration sign.