Section 910.02. Requirement of original.

  To prove the content of a writing, recording or photograph, the original writing, recording or photograph is required, except as otherwise provided in chs. 901 to 911 , s. 137.21 , or by other statute.

Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R354 (1973); 1981 c. 390 ; 2003 a. 294 . There is no "best evidence rule" applicable to photographs of objects that requires that the object itself be introduced rather than the photograph. A photograph of a wrench bearing the owner's initials and found in defendant's automobile was relevant. Anderson v. State, 66 Wis. 2d 233 , 223 N.W.2d 879 (1974).