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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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Pinckney Street
1870
View overlooking Pinckney Street on the Square with the American Hotel in the background.
American House
1860
Engraving of the American House at 1 North Pinckney Street. It burned down in a fire in 1868.
Doorway to Rated X Bookstore
1973
View of the doorway to Rated X Bookstore at 231 State Street. Part of a man's elbow is visible as he exits the store.
Moseley Book Company
1931
View across street towards the Moseley Book Company, at 10 E. Mifflin Street. The storefront is below the offices of Central Life. Next door on the right are the Royal Tailors Inc. and Kinney Shoes.
First National Bank
1900
The First National Bank, on the corner of North Pinckney and East Washington on the Capitol Square. Horse-drawn carriages are on East Washington Avenue.
Pinckney Street with a Streetcar
1910
Pinckney Street view with the edge of the Capitol grounds on the right. A streetcar is in the center of the street. Storefronts with their awnings over the sidewalk are on the left. One of the more...
