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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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Detroit Historical Museum

Dossin Great Lakes Museum

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Digital Collection: Random Images

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Greetings from Detroit

Bill of Sale - Bill of Sale

Print

Negative, Film

Hatbox

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Carriage - 1890's Enclosed Rockaway Carriage - Dhs_1948_145_028_arceye_user_01

Print, Photographic

Letter

Print, Photographic

Booklet - Agreement Between Ford Motor Company and the International Union United Auto Workers of America-C.I.O.

Animal, Stuffed

Envelope - The Detroit Bar

Postcard - Fountain Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich.

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Poster

Print, Photographic

Card, Trade

Print, Photographic

VHS - British Sports Car Show, Hist. Fort Wayne, Sept. 22, 1985

Award

Moccasin

Print, Photographic

Carving

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Table, Side

Menu

U-Matic - Flower Show Cobo Hall
3-22-84

Print, Photographic

Bond - Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Co.
First Mortgage Registered Gold Bond

Postcard

Print, Photographic

Program

Postcard - Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich.

Postcard - Aerial View of the Four Famous Soo Locks, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

Envelope - Vivette Recipes

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Lobby, Hotel Field, 445 Field Ave. - At Belle Isle Bridge, Detroit, Michigan.

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Booklet - Beyond the Skyline: 1974-1985, Second Edition

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