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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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Street Scene
circa 1940-1949
Photographic postcard view down center of street towards a commercial district. There are car dealerships, gas stations and other businesses, with automobiles parked at an angle at the curbs.
Bridge Street
circa 1910-1919
View down Bridge Street which is lined with businesses. Automobiles are parked at an angles along the curbs. Businesses include an electronics (TV/radio) store, a bank, a bar, a theater, and a serv...
Hotel Blackhawk
circa 1940-1949
Black and white photographic postcard of the Hotel Blackhawk, a large brick building on a corner in the downtown area. Automobiles and buses are at the intersection. On the far right is a sign for ...
View on Main Street
circa 1940-1949
Photographic postcard view of a central business block, featuring Adams Food Market IGA and a Post Office. To the left of the Post Office is a signboard for Wabeno Theatre that includes show poster...
Wisconsin Avenue
circa 1950-1959
Photographic postcard of Wisconsin Avenue. Many automobiles are being driven, and others are parked at the curb at an angle. The street sign on the corner at right says "Oak St." The text along the...
Packard Avenue
1943
Photographic postcard view looking north on Barnard Avenue from Packard Avenue. There are businesses, automobiles and pedestrians on both sides of the street. Caption reads: "Packard Avenue, Cudahy...
