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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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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.
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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.
Profile of Ellen Proxmire
Ellen Proxmire shown applauding. The former Ellen Hodges Sawill married William Proxmire in 1956.
Studio Portrait of Ellen Proxmire
Head and shoulder portrait of a young Ellen Proxmire. The former Ellen Hodges Sawall married William Proxmire in 1956.
Woman Cooking on Electric Plate
October 1927
A woman mixing food in a pot heated on an electric plate.
Woman with Cook-Box
Woman in a long dress standing in kitchen with cook-box, a device to facilitate consistent results in cooking. There is a sideboard on the right.
Giese Kitchen
2004
After she baked some apple pies, Frieda Giese, 85, lounges in her expansive kitchen.
