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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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Institution for the Education of the Blind
1865
The Institution for the Education of the Blind. Caption reads: "Institution for the Education of the Blind, Janesville, Wisc. Free to Blind Children of Wisconsin. Thos. H. Little, Superintendent."
Institution for the Education of the Blind
1876
The Institution for the Education of the Blind.
State Institute for the Blind
1870
The State Institute for the Blind, a school free for blind children of Wisconsin. Caption reads: "State Institute for Blind, Janesville, Wis."
Children at the State School for the Blind
1893
Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building.
Weaving Room at the State School for the Blind
1893
Several looms in the instructional weaving facility at the State School for the Blind.
Institute for the Deaf and Dumb
Engraved view of the building with several pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage in the foreground.
