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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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Unveiling a Marker at Eagle Effigy Mound
June 30, 1910
People gathered for a ceremony at the unveiling of a marker at an eagle effigy mound on the State Hospital Grounds.
Men and Effigy Mounds
circa 1920
A small group of men, some of them carrying bags, walk in a field among effigy mounds.
Effigy Mound Near Lake Mendota
1914
Deer or rabbit effigy mound outlined with lime (ca. 800-1100 A.D.), at the McConnell mound group.
Goose Effigy Mound at Black Hawk Country Club
1919
A goose effigy mound outlined with lime, on the grounds of the Black Hawk Country Club. The folded wings are characteristic of goose effigies in the area of Madison, Wisconsin.
Effigy Mound at Big Bend
June 1911
A field party of members of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society visit an effigy mound at Big Bend. The men are dressed in suits and hats.
Wehmhoff Effigy Mound
June 27, 1927
Aerial view of the effigy mound on Henry Wehmhoff's Riverview Farm. State Trunk Highway 83 runs through the effigy.
