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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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Third Wisconsin State Capitol
1857
Illustration of an early design for the 3rd Wisconsin State Capitol, the second in Madison. Caption reads: "State Capitol at Madison — Donnel & Kutzbock, Architects."
Wisconsin State Capitol (Second)
1856
The Wisconsin State Capitol (the second State Capitol, the first in Madison). Illustration from the American Encyclopedia, Columbus, 1859.
Wisconsin State Capitol Illustration
1889
Illustration of the Wisconsin State Capitol with an American flag displayed on the dome.
Capitol (Second)
1855
Detail from a lithograph vignette on a Map of the City of Madison of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, the first Capitol in Madison.
Second Wisconsin State Capitol
Exterior view of the second Wisconsin State Capitol, (the second State Capitol was the first built in Madison).
Illustration of Madison
1850
A watercolor painting depicting a distant view of the city of Madison, circa 1850-1851.
