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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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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.
Greetings from Black River Falls, Home Coming Festival
1908
Photographic postcard view of five framed images from around Black River Falls; the bridge crossing the river, Main Street, the Court House Yard and fountain, the Falls in the river, and an elevate...
Scene on Black River
circa 1910-1919
Colorized postcard view of two bridges over the Black River. A boy is standing on the riverbank in the foreground. Caption reads: "Scene on Black River."
Black River Flood
October 5, 1911
Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a flood. Crowds are gathered on the river bank, the bridge and the higher ground in the background. Caption reads: "Black River Flood."
Power-House and Pumping Station
1910
Text on front reads: "Power-House and Pumping Station. River Falls, Wis." A hydroelectric station on the Kinnickinnic River. Today there are two dams and power plants still in operation.
Black River Falls
circa 1910-1919
Elevated photographic postcard view of Black River Falls. There is a large building in the center with a large lawn. On the right is a church. Caption reads: "Black River Falls, Wis."
Indoor Bonfire — Fallhall Glen
circa 1910-1919
An interior view of a room with a fire pit in the center surrounded by rocking chairs. Caption reads: "Indoor Bonfire — Fallhall Glen, Black River Falls, Wis."
