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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.
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Post Office
Exterior view from street towards the post office. The first post office in Oshkosh was established in the 1840s, and the postmaster was Joseph Jackson. Caption reads: "Post Office, Oshkosh, Wis."
Post Office
Exterior view of post office. The first post office in Oshkosh was established in the 1840s, and the postmaster was Joseph Jackson. Caption reads: "The Post Office—Oshkosh Wis."
Post Office
1920
Elevated view of the Post Office. The first post office in Oshkosh was established in the 1840s, and the postmaster was Joseph Jackson. Caption reads: "Post Office, Oshkosh, Wis."
Post Office
1910
Exterior view of the post office. Caption reads: "U. S. Post Office, Ripon, Wis."
Hotel Athearn
1910
View across street towards the Athearn Hotel, located across the street from the Grand Opera House. Designed by the same man who designed the opera house, William Waters. There is a monument in the...
Hotel Athearn
1905
Hotel Athearn, which was built across the street from the Grand Opera House. Designed by William Waters. Caption reads: "Athearn Hotel, Oshkosh, Wis."
