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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.
Boy Playing Marbles
1940
A boy is crouching on the ground playing a game of marbles outdoors in the dirt. In the background is a building with an open doorway.
Sid Boyum House at 237 Waubesa Street
1940
View from sidewalk towards Sid Boyum's house at 237 Waubesa Street.
Railroad Workers
1940
Two men, railroad workers, fixing the wooden railroad ties. In the background are railroad cars on another set of railroad tracks.m
Portrait of Margaret Klassy Boyum
Portrait of Sid's wife, Margaret Klassy Boyum. They were married Oct 21, 1939.
Steam Locomotive
1940
View towards a steam locomotive coming down one of a set of five railroad tracks at a railroad crossing. A group of locomotives are parked in the background near industrial buildings.
