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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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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.
Vilas Zoo Animals
August 7, 1965
A Grizzly bear is sticking its nose out between the steel bars of a cage at Vilas Park Zoo.
Animal Watching at the Vilas Park Zoo
August 12, 1961
A young boy sticking his head through the fence while watching the animals at the Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer visiting spot in Madison.
Jaguar Cubs at Vilas Park Zoo
September 3, 1964
Two 10-month-old jaguar cubs, a male and a female, are the latest additions to Vilas Park Zoo.
Vilas Zoo Animals
August 7, 1965
A little girl in a puffy dress is peering through the fence for a look onto Monkey Island.
Animal Watching at the Vilas Park Zoo
August 12, 1961
Two young boys watching the lions at Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison.
Two Orangutans
January 11, 1961
Two orangutans clinging to one another inside an enclosure at the Vilas Zoo.
