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Wisconsin Historical Images
We've put more than 40,000 historical photographs online, and you can order high-quality reproductions suitable for framing directly from the site. For ideas, browse more than 30 galleries created by our photo archivists, or search for specific places, people, or events that will fascinate that peculiar person on your holiday gift list.
The 1918 Flu in Wisconsin
The famous influenza outbreak of 1918-1919 sickened more than 100,000 people in Wisconsin and claimed 8,459 lives. A brief description of how officials responded is online in our Dictionary of Wisconsin History, where you'll also find links to historical documents and a reliable, modern analysis of the 1918 flu epidemic in Wisconsin.
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Mrs. Lincoln Grieves in Waukesha"I am trying as you will perceive, to make the most of this fearfully wearisome summer. . . I live in a retired manner in a private house on the outskirts of the town where there are no other boarders and have all the advantages of the country. . . . I am so miserable over my great sorrows, that...
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Wisconsin Magazine of History
The Summer 2009 issue features a story on physician Herbert Tanner and his quest to restore the Stockbridge Indians' leader Hendrick Aupaumut to the historical record; a photographic essay on popular Wisconsin Dells attractions; articles on the establishment and history of the military camp, Fort McCoy, in Monroe County; and Wisconsin's comic art since the 1920s. |
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Mrs. Abraham Lincoln Looks Back
