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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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WPA at Work
May 18, 1936
A Works Progress Administration (WPA) crew at work laying a stone terrace in Stevens Point.
New Deal Road Work
July 21, 1936
Workers toiling in the sun on the roadside, as a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). As a program of the New Deal, it was provided to create jobs and boost the American economy.
WPA Exhibit
1937
Opening ceremonies for a Work Progress Administration (WPA) exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair.
WPA Bridge
June 1, 1936
Bridge and truck trail constructed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workmen to facilitate forest fire prevention and control.
Washington Bowl
June 23, 1936
Velodrome at Washington Park with a "USA Work Program WPA" sign in the infield. Sprinklers are watering the grass.
New Ranger Station
June 19, 1936
One man is working on a ladder near the side door of a one and one half story, masonry block building with five garage bays. There are two men on the right, with one of the men carrying a shovel, w...
