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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.
Attribution
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.
Wisconsin Historical Society Elevator
1900
The elevator in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin photographed shortly after the completion of the building in 1900. The elevator is stopped on the third floor. Just the top of the head of ...
Kessenichs Inc. — First Floor
July 1, 1935
Kessenichs Inc, 201-203 State Street. Interior view of first floor, taken from stairway.
Stairway of the State Historical Society Library
1898
Stairway at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. A bench is in the center under the light of a skylight.
Old State Historical Society Light Fixtures
1954
Pile of original first floor light fixtures photographed during the remodeling of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin building during the summer.
Radio Broadcasting at State Historical Society
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, Marvin Rosenberry broadcasting over a WHA microphone located in the first floor lobby of the State Historical Society. This photograph provides a good view of the ...
Art Exhibit at State Historical Society
Art exhibit on the first floor of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Building.
