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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.
Attribution
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.
Upper Mississippi River Scenes
1890
Collage of scenes on the upper Mississippi River, including people canoeing and sailing on the river.
Lumber Rafts
1890
Elevated view of men working on lumber rafts on the Wisconsin River.
Board of Trade District
circa 1890-1899
View down a street between high-rise buildings in the Board of Trade District.
Haymarket Square
circa 1890-1899
Elevated view of a busy Haymarket Square crowded with horse-drawn wagons.
Crowded Lake Street
circa 1890-1899
Elevated view of Lake Street, east from Clark Street, crowded with traffic.
North Clark Street
1890 - 1899
View of North Clark Street, including the Clark Street Theater. There is a horse-drawn wagon on the street, and streetcar tracks are visible.
