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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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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.
Madison Street Scene
October 1946
Street scene showing cars parked at parking meters on South Carroll Street on Capitol Square.
Storefronts in Wausau
1936
View from street of commercial area with storefronts and pedestrians. Many cars are parked on both sides of the street. Visible storefront signs read, "S & L Co. Department Store," "Dart Cafe," "Sh...
Main Street
Panoramic view down Main Street, with a hill at the end. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks. Signs on the right side of the street read: "Garland Stoves and Ranges", "Commercial House" and "City Mark...
Storefronts Along Street
1925
View down middle of street, with pedestrians and storefronts lining both sides. There is a meat market on the left. Automobiles are parked along the curb.
Business Section
View down Main Street. Cars are parked on either side of the street and two cars are being driven by storefronts. Citizens National Bank, built in 1893, stands to the right.