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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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Flood Damage on Black River
1911
View along shoreline of damage from the 1911 flood of the Black River. An entire wall of a building is gone, and debris is along the river banks.
Flood Damage
1911
Elevated view of damage to buildings after the 1911 flood of the Black River. Wooden debris is floating in the flood water and encroaching the shoreline.
Eau Claire Lumber Company
1880
View of a lumber mill and logs floating on a river, which is spanned by a bridge. The mill has a sign that reads: "Cash for Wheat - Eau Claire City Mill." Caption reads: "Eau Claire Lumber Company ...
Southern Wisconsin Farm Scene
1930
A farm and brook in Southern Wisconsin. Several trees hang over the brook along with a trace of snow.
Flooded River
Elevated view across river at flood stage, with piles of logs and timber caught near rocks. A flooded small building is surrounded by water, and has an advertisement for "salve" painted on the side...
Damage After 1911 Flood
1911
View along eroded shoreline of the damage from the 1911 flood of the Black River. A city street had been washed away. Three men are looking at the river.
