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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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Cabin Out West
1903
A log cabin out west in a forest. View looking up hill towards a man sitting in the open doorway with a gun in his lap. Smoke is above the cabin. At this time Carl Peterson was writing letters home...
Western Town
1903
Caption on negative sleeve reads, "Mining (?) town with view of saloon, restaurant and general store." A boardwalk runs along the fronts of the buildings. In the background are forested hills, and ...
Harmonica Player
1914
James Peterson, son of the photographer, playing the harmonica. He is sitting against a stump, with trees in the distance.
Christine, Laurie and Muriel Peterson
1910
Christine (mother), Laurie and Muriel Peterson sitting in the grass. Laurie is looking directly at the camera.
Mining Camp
1903
Elevated view of a mining camp in the western United States. At this time Carl Peterson was writing letters home to Christine Jenson about his journey.
Christine Peterson at Loom
1922
Christine Peterson weaving rag rugs on a large loom.
