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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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Circus Zebras
1925
Two circus zebras graze outside a railroad car. A horse can be seen on the right.
Child at Adam Omen Residence
circa 1909-1935
Portrait of a child, whose face is blurred by the exposure. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. c. 1909-1935. 1821 Monroe Street. Adam Omen residence."
Capitol Park and Circus Parade
1898
Elevated view of a man leading a circus elephant on Main Street. On the opposite side of the street is a crowd watching from behind the iron fence on the Capitol Park grounds.
Circus Performers and Airplane
1930
A giant and other circus performers, including Harry and Daisy Earles, posing in front of a Midwest Air Transport airplane while a crowd is watching from behind the airplane.
Circus Elephants on Parade
circa 1875-1940
A long string of circus elephants parades single file down a metropolitan street lined on both sides by huge crowds of people.
Elephant Street Procession
circa 1875-1940
A team of elephants, paired and directed by circus personnel, proceed along an urban street.
