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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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Largest Single Bascule Lift in the World
1913
View of the Main Street drawbridge, the largest single bascule lift at that time. Caption reads: "Largest Single Bascule Lift in the World, Green Bay, Wis."
Aerial View of Downtown Green Bay
circa 1960-1969
Color postcard of downtown Green Bay and bridges spanning the Fox River. The Walnut Street Bridge is in the foreground. A 4-level parking garage is on the waterfront.
Claude Allouez Bridge at De Pere
1941
Elevated view of a highway bridge spanning the Fox River. Caption reads: "Claude Allouez Bridge at De Pere, Near Green Bay, Wis."
East Main Street Bridge
circa 1910-1919
Illustrated postcard of an iron bridge over the Fox River with pedestrians crossing. The street on the far side is lined with businesses. Caption reads: "E. Main St. Bridge, E. River, Green Bay, Wis."
C. & N. W. R. R. Bridge
1913
View of a train crossing a railroad bridge over the Fox River. Rowboats are in the river and docked at a pier in the foreground. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. R. R. Bridge, Green Bay, Wis."
Sturgeon Bay Drawbridge Spanning
1955
Text on reverse reads: "Sturgeon Bay Drawbridge Spanning, Sturgeon Bay Canal, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." Traffic is backed up as a ship passes through the span of a double-bascule bridge over the canal.
