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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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Manitowoc Shipyard & Manitowoc Portland Cement Company
January 8, 1958
Elevated view over icy water towards ships in the shipyard on the left, and the cement company in the background. Cranes and industrial buildings are in the background. Another ship, with name on f...
Building a Big Boat
Colorized image of the frame of a large boat being built at the shipyards in Superior.
American Shipbuilding Company Yard
The American Shipbuilding Company yard in winter with ships and a derrick in the center of the image.
Four P&H Lattice Girder Cranes Above Bay
circa 1910-1919
Elevated view of four Pawling & Harnischfeger lattice girder bridges trolley hoists used in shipbuilding. There are men on the bridge of the nearest crane and the banner on the crane reads "Bethleh...
Manitowoc Shipyards
1939
Elevated view of the Manitowoc shipyards on Lake Michigan. Two ships are being built. Caption reads: "Manitowoc Shipyards, Manitowoc, Wis."
Coal Docks
1900
View from shoreline towards the coal docks on the right, with several ships in the harbor. Caption reads: "Coal Docks, Capacity 100,000 Tons, Two Rivers, Wis."
