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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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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.
Wisconsin River Bridge at Prairie du Sac
Construction of the new Wisconsin River Bridge at Prairie du Sac taken by Melvin Diemer for the Wisconsin Goods Roads Association. The old toll bridge is visible in the background.
Wisconsin River Toll Bridge
1920
Elevated view of old toll bridge across the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac. The view is looking north toward Sauk County.
Toll Bridge on Wisconsin River
1908
Elevated view from shoreline of toll bridge across the Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "A Glimpse of Pr-Du-Sac Toll Bridge."
Toll Bridge on Wisconsin River
1910
This was the first bridge built across the Wisconsin River, constructed about 1850, although it was not opened to traffic until 1852. It was torn down in 1921. Caption reads: "Wisconsin River Bridg...
Bridge over Wisconsin River
1922
View along side of bridge over the Wisconsin River, built in 1921 to take the place of the old wooden one when it became condemned. Caption reads: "Wis. River Bridge, Prairie du Sac, Wis."
