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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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University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse
1948
View from Lake Mendota of boathouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is behind the boathouse. A person is sitting near boats which are stored near pier...
Shoreline with Pier
Lake Lawn. Several boats are on the water with a man standing on his sailboat next to the dock. Trees run along the shoreline into the distance.
Last Light
1955
Docked sailboats at dusk. There are silhouettes of people standing on the pier in the distance.
Picnic Point from University of Wisconsin-Madison
1900
Picnic Point from shoreline of Lake Mendota at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a university building on the hill on the left, and a pier with a boat in the foreground.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse
1911
View from Lake Mendota of the University of Wisconsin-Madison lower campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is behind the boathouse, with the domed Bascom Hall in the distance.
Woodlawn Bay
Path on tree-lined shoreline with rowboats. A section of a porch is on the left, other dwellings and piers in the distance.
