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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.
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Ferry at Merrimac
1940
Colsac Ferry across the Wisconsin River at Merrimac. There is a bridge across the river in the background on the left.
Main Street
1940
Main Street, showing a grocery store, restaurant, and the Up and Down Tavern.
Automobiles Wait for the Merrimac Ferry
circa 1950-1959
Automobiles line up to wait for the Merrimac ferry "Colsac".
Merrimac Ferry
1920, ca.
Car boarding the ferry on left side. The far shoreline can be seen in the background.
Buckhorn Tavern
1949
Customers sitting at the bar in the Buckhorn Tavern. There are five mounted deerheads above the bar. The bartender is standing behind the bar.
