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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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Wisconsin Rotunda at World's Fair
1964
Construction begins of the Wisconsin Rotunda at the New York World's Fair. Principals of the project are standing in a group, and include Michael Pender, William E. Potter, Fred Bloch, Lt. Governor...
Milwaukee Braves at the World's Fair
1964
Members of the Milwaukee Braves professional baseball team receive complementary gifts at the New York World's Fair.
Johnson's Wax Pavilion
1962
Photographic copy of an artist's rendering of the Johnson's Wax Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Wisconsin Pavilion Attractions
1964
Sign outside the Wisconsin Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair advertising a steak house, a beer garden, and the world's largest cheese. A portion of the pavilion can be seen at right. Several fair-g...
Alice in Dairyland and World's Largest Cheese
1964
Alice in Dairyland, and two employees of Steve's Cheese, sample a piece of the World's largest cheese. The gigantic piece of cheese was part of Wisconsin's exhibit at the 1964 World's Fair held in ...
Scouts at Wisconsin Pavilion
July 9, 1965
A group of scouts enjoy a snack at picnic tables outside the Wisconsin Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair. Each scout has a glass of milk and a young woman is offering food from a tray. A sign on th...
