Photo Library

Our photo library contains thousands of photographs of people, places and events from all around Marathon County. If you are looking for a particular photo from our past or have historic photos you would like to donate, please contact our research library at 715-842-5750 or fill out our online Research Request Form.

We have also created several online photo collections for our visitors to explore at our partner site marathoncountyhistoryonline.org.

Railroad Depots of Marathon County

Photos of and information describing the Railroad Depots of Marathon County

Cities, Towns and Villages of Marathon County

Photos and descriptions of Cities, Towns and Villages around Marathon County

1901 Plat Maps

Photos and descriptions of Cities, Towns and Villages around Marathon County


Other Online Photo Collections

The Marathon County Historical Society was one of the founding members of the Central Wisconsin Digitization Project (CWDP) which is a consortium of libraries, historical societies, genealogical societies and museums committed to preserving and disseminating the history of Marathon and Lincoln Counties through the digitization of original sources and artifacts and their subsequent publication on the internet. 

Below are links to our completed projects.