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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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Churning Butter
May 12, 1933
Ellen (Mrs. William) Lacy, of Sunny Slope farm, 5810 Lacy Road, south of Madison, sitting in the farmyard and turning a barrel butter churn.
Making a One-Ton Tub of Butter
1930
Several men in white are shown churning a one-ton tub of butter for exhibit at the State Fair.
A Woman, A Girl and Some Chickens
Outdoor view of a woman and a girl posing standing in a yard. There are chickens and a wooden structure in the distance.
Second Grade Children Making Butter
December 5, 1950
Second grade children of Lowell School engaging in a class project of making butter as part of a dairy study. Left to right, spreading butter on crackers, are John Olson, Tim Holt, and Ronald Peirce.
Boy and Girl with Calf
circa 1910-1919
A boy and girl are in a barnyard with a black and white calf. The boy on the left is standing and holding the rope lead. The girl on the right is standing and holding a large bucket for the calf to...
Husking and Silking Corn
July 1926
A woman and a girl sitting at a table, husking and silking corn at the Harvester Farm. The image is one of a series illustrating canning methods.
