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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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For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
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.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
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.
Moon over Madison
1980
View of the Madison skyline from Lake Monona in the moonlight.
Downtown Madison from Turville Park at Twilight
1980
View of the Madison skyline across Lake Monona as seen from Turville Park.
Madison Public Library
circa 1960-1969
View across intersection towards the public library on the corner of Mifflin Street and Fairchild Street.
Bascom Hall
circa 1960-1969
Color postcard looking up Bascom Hill towards Bascom Hall at the University of Wisconsin campus. There is a statue of Lincoln at the top of the hill. Automobiles are parked near the building.
Madison, Wisconsin at 37° Below Zero
1980
Elevated view of the near east side dominated by the smokestacks of Madison Gas & Electric. Snow is on the rooftops of buildings, and chimneys are spewing smoke.
Engineering Building, University of Wisconsin
circa 1910-1919
Exterior view across Bascom Hill of the Engineering Building. Caption reads: "Engineering Building, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis."
