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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 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.
State Street from Capitol Grounds
August 2, 1961
View of State St. from the grounds of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Several pedestrians can be seen and several vehicles drive along the street. The Capitol Theater and the Orpheum Theater can both ...
Capitol View from Van Vleck Hall
August 22, 1962
Looking up State Street towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from the top of Van Vleck Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
State Street After Snowstorm
December 23, 1959
View down State Street from the Capitol Square following a snowstorm. A Christmas tree is standing on the corner, and other holiday decorations are hanging over the street. Several pedestrians are ...
Wisconsin's 32nd Infantry Division Returns
December 21, 1961
Wisconsin's 32nd Division returns to Madison from Fort Lewis, Washington, on holiday leave.
Wisconsin State Capitol Holiday Tree
1954
Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda during the holiday season. A man is standing on a ladder which is on top of scaffolding to decorate the tree.
Wisconsin State Capitol from King Street
1958
View of the top of King Street towards the Wisconsin State Capitol. Signs on the commercial building on the right corner read: "Huegel Hyland Shoes" and "Photo Center".