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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.
Railroad Accident
Elevated view of a Northwestern Line railroad accident. Railroad cars have fallen off the railroad tracks and the engine car is lying on its side. Men and women are standing around and on top of th...
Train Wreck
Elevated view of train cars that have fallen off the railroad tracks, with men working nearby.
Crowd Rally
Elevated view of large crowd gathered in a railroad yard. Men are gathered around a podium in the middle of the crowd.
Tugboat in Lake
Elevated view of a tugboat, with possibly a sinking ship in the background.
West Milwaukee Railroad Yard
Elevated view of the West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
