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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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Senator Proxmire and Constituents
1970
Senator William Proxmire shakes hands with constituents at the Wisconsin State Fair while eating an ear of corn.
Senator Proxmire and Constituents
July 1969
Senator William Proxmire hands his cards to constituents outside a Milwaukee grocery store.
William Proxmire's Victory
August 27, 1957
William Proxmire, his wife, Ellen (to Proxmire's right), and his supporters celebrate his victory in the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated upon the death of Senator Joseph R. McCarth...
Senator Proxmire and Constituents
July 1969
Senator William Proxmire greets three elderly women seated on a bench at the Capitol Square.
Governor Kohler at the Wisconsin State Fair
July 24, 1952
Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., turns around in his seat at the state fair to shake hands with three Civil Air Patrol cadets.
Proxmire Parade
Senator William Proxmire waves to the crowd from an open antique automobile during a parade in downtown Milwaukee.
