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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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Pier at Brictson's Park
1925
View from on a dock looking at a man and two boys sitting on the rock of the shore. Boats are tied to the dock.
Lake Waubesa at Crescent Park
1927
View across water towards a boy standing on a pier on Lake Waubesa. There are boats docked at the water's edge and a group of children and adults are on the shoreline in the background.
Olson's Store at Crescent Park
August 1927
A young boy sits on the dock in front of Olson's store in Crescent Park on Lake Waubesa. Small row boats are arrayed for rental.
Boat Landing and Bathing Beach at Evergreen Retreat
1931
A boathouse and canoe boats along Lake Delton. The boathouse is painted with advertisements that read, "Cottages - Rooms - Cabins - Refreshments - Free Campgrounds - Free Bathing - Boats Free with ...
Potato Lake - Campbell's Resort
1927
Lake view from the shore. A man, son, and two dogs stand at the dock. A herd of swans bathe nearby.
Boat Landing from State Highway 12
1927
A man stands on a wooden dock near a tour boat. The sign on top of the boat advertises "Summer Homesites."
