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With two great museums, the Detroit Historical Society offers engaging opportunities to learn about and explore the city's rich history, from its automotive legacy to its maritime heritage.

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Dossin Great Lakes Museum

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Digital Collection: Random Images

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - Hart Plaza Movie Theater

Medal, Commemorative

Negative, Film

Moccasin

Print, Photographic

Kit, Press

Print, Photographic

Tag, Luggage

Postcard - Belle Isle Park - The Cedar Mound. Detroit, Mich.

Postcard - Detroit

Negative, Glass-plate

Print, Photographic

Camera, Digital

Radio

Music, Sheet - La Detroit Waltzes

Print, Photographic

Resolution

Booklet

Print, Photographic

Image, Digital

Negative, Film

Ticket

Schedule

Print, Photographic

Stereograph - Hudson Super-Six Motors On The Block Test, Hudson Motor Car Co, Detroit, USA

Program - Mayflower Class, May, 1913

Coat

Print, Photographic

Automobile - 1950 Packard Deluxe Model 8 4-Door Sedan

Stein

Print, Photographic

Program, Theater

Postcard - St. Mary's Hospital, Detroit, Mich. - St. Mary's Hospital, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic - Duplex Air Gauge Parts

Print

Booklet - Detroit City Airport

U-Matic - African World Fest @ Hart Plaza 7-13-90
Back-Up of PSA

Print, Photographic

Medal, Commemorative

Print, Photographic

Image, Digital

Button, Uniform

Tap, Beer

Certificate - Detroit Police Department
Certificate of Appointment

Drawing, Architectural - Front Elevation

Lamp, Table

Print, Photographic

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