Digital Collection: General History | Detroit Historical Society

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Digital Collection: General History

1518 Results Found

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

2017.069.003Photo

Medal, Commemorative

Medal, Commemorative

2017.064.009Object

Guidebook

Guidebook

2017.057.001Object

Shovel

Shovel

2017.052.002Object

Bottle

Bottle

2017.031.046Object

Button, Uniform

Button, Uniform

2017.029.060Object

Button, Uniform

Button, Uniform

2017.029.059Object

Card, Dance

Card, Dance

2017.029.058Object

Book - Wayne County Lawyers' Pictorial Register

Book

2017.029.023Archive

Wayne County Lawyers' Pictorial Register

Badge, Cap

Badge, Cap

2017.029.003Object

Card, Admittance - Fred. Douglass - John Brown,
Unveiling Ceremonies

Card, Admittance

2017.001.045Archive

Fred. Douglass - John Brown,
Unveiling Ceremonies

Card, Membership - American Association of Railroad Superintendents

Card, Membership

2016.156.014Archive

American Association of Railroad Superintendents