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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

Map - State of Michigan

Print, Photographic

Photograph, Cabinet

Print, Photographic

Postcard - The Cascade, Palmer Park, Detriot, MIch.

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Postcard - Hotel Book-Cadillac, Detroit 31, Michigan.

Poster - We Are United Nations - Teamwork For Victory

Postcard - Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Film, Motion Picture - Black, White Practice Print

Blueprint - Interpretive Center, Historic Fort Wayne -
New Toilet Room

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Print, Photographic

Magazine - Moslem Fez, August 1932

Card, Trade

Program

Catalog - Steam Gauge and Lantern Co.'s Standard Tubular Lamps and Lanterns

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Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - Just Wait Will I Tell Brother Jack

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Print, Photographic

Program, Theater

Automobile - 1963 Ford Cougar II prototype

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Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Sky Line, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Headband

Postcard - Block House, Bob-Lo (Bois Blanc Island) Detroit River.

Return, Tax - U. S. Individual Income Tax Return

Crate

List, Mailing

Strip, Comic - Comicalities of the Cricket Field

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Print, Photographic - Dearborn's Southend

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Lamp, Carbide

Menu

Program

Slide, Stereo

Program - 32nd Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival

Program, Theater - The Lyceum Play, Season 1893-4, Detroit, Nov. 16, 17, 18, 1893

Print, Photographic - Room at Detroit Historical Museum Robert Hopkin exhibit

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Print, Photographic - Catholic Church, Woodward Ave

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