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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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Capitol Square from the Air
1980
Aerial view of Capitol Square and the surrounding central isthmus. Lake Monona is on the right.
State Capitol
1904
Exterior view of the Capitol building before the 1904 fire. The State Seal is in the upper left corner. Caption reads: "State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin."
Fabulous Madison in Wonderful Wisconsin
circa 1960-1969
Color aerial postcard of the Isthmus from over Lake Monona. John Nolen Drive is along the shoreline in the foreground. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the center.
Quality Courts Motel
circa 1970-1979
Twilight view of a motel located at the junction of U.S. 12 & 18 at I-90.
Isthmus from the Air
1919
Aerial view of the Isthmus and Lake Mendota from over Lake Monona. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the center.
Madison, Wisconsin — the Skyline from Lake Monona
circa 1910-1919
Sepia-toned postcard towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from across Lake Monona. There are trees and a pier in the foreground.
