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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 Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
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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.
Cana Island Lighthouse
1957
Photographic postcard view of Cana Island Lighthouse, built in 1869, located between Moonlight Bay and North Bay, Door County, Wisconsin.
Lighthouse at Eagle Harbor
1909
View across water towards the steep shoreline and lighthouse at Eagle Harbor.
Washington Island Ferry
1950
Color photographic postcard of the "C.G. Richter," a ferry operating between mainland Door County and Washington Island in Wisconsin.
Washington Island Ferry "C.G. Richter"
1950
Color photographic postcard view of the "C.G. Richter" at the dock, a ferry operating between mainland Door County and Washington Island.
Door County
1966
A colored map depiction of Door County, Wisconsin, with pictorial highlights, titled: "Door County — Wisconsin's Air Conditioned Peninsula Playground."
