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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.
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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.
Nieuport Waiting for Repairs
February 1, 1919
Damaged airplanes sitting on wooden planks. Captioned: "A Nieuport 'sent up' for repairs."
Broken Sopwith
February 1, 1919
An airplane almost completely broken apart lying on the ground. Caption reads: "A broken Sopwith, an English fighting plane used extensively by the French."
American Ambulance and French Ambulance
February 1, 1919
Two ambulances parked near a building. Captioned: "My ambulance contrasted with a French one."
Missing Wall
February 1, 1919
Exterior view of a damaged church that is missing walls and a roof. Captioned: "Church showing 'the wall which isn't there.' St. Thomas."
Bi-Motor Airplane
February 1, 1919
Airplane resting on its landing gear. Caption reads: "A bi-motor caudrone. Valuable for observation, takes the air quickly and is particularly speedy at high altitudes."
Horse-Drawn Ambulance
February 1, 1919
A horse ambulance parked on a road near buildings. Caption reads: "A horse ambulance frequently used to carry wounded from batteries to "poste de secours" but more frequently to carry the dead."
