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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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For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
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.
La Crosse and Mississippi River
1953
Aerial view of La Crosse and the Mississippi River. In the foreground is the new bridge as of 1953.
Mississippi River Boat Passing through Locks
1938
Front of picture envelope mailer. Inside are nine, double-sided postcards attached to the envelope.
Bridge Over Mississippi River
September 1939
View from shoreline towards the bridge over the Mississippi River in La Crosse.
Mississippi River Front
1910
Elevated view over the Mississippi River towards the waterfront in La Crosse.
De Pere Lock on Fox River
1897
Locks near De Pere, the only wooden pier on the Fox River.
Locks on the Fox River
1915
Elevated view of government locks and factory district on the Fox River. Caption reads: "Government Locks and Factory District, De Pere, Wis."
