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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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Wisconsin State Capitol from Bascom Hill
1947
Winter scene with the Wisconsin State Capitol building from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Trees line the path on both sides of the hill, and snow is on the ground.
Wisconsin State Capitol from Bascom Hill
1948
Winter scene of the Wisconsin State Capitol as viewed from the snow-covered Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
University of Wisconsin Orientation Activities
August 18, 1948
Charles Johnson and Margaret Haas, two students in charge of University of Wisconsin orientation week activities, sitting on the grass on Bascom Hill. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the far back...
Ladies Hall
Exterior of University of Wisconsin-Madison women's dormitory, later Chadbourne Hall. The building is surrounded by trees and snow is on the ground.
University of Wisconsin- Madison
1929
Elevated view of campus up University Avenue from the tower of the First Congregational Church on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Wisconsin State Capitol is visible in the backgroun...
Chadbourne Hall
1948
Exterior Chadbourne Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
