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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.
Memorial Day
May 30, 1961
A Gold Star Mother shown holding her hand over her heart during the invocation at a Memorial Day service on the steps of the capitol.
Monona Grove Memorial Day Festival Queen
May 26, 1961
Quarter-length portrait of Monona Grove Memorial Day Festival queen Jane Weitekamp.
Memorial Day
May 30, 1961
World War I veteran Edward J. Starr watches the Memorial Day service at the State Capitol while holding a small American flag. He is from a Menominee Indian reservation, Neopit, WI.
Madison Vocational and Adult School Retiree
May 17, 1961
Winifred Layden attending the farewell dinner for her retirement from the Madison Vocational and Adult School home economics department.
Dress Up Day at City Playgrounds
July 20, 1961
Children attend a Dress Up Day celebration at Truax Park playground. A child is finishing up her costume at center.
Married Medical Interns
May 5, 1961
Drs. Lawrence and Miriam Sherman, a married couple interning at the same time at University of Wisconsin Hospital.
