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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

Model

Postcard - Floral Clock, Water Works Park, Detroit, Mich.

Souvenir

Ad, Newspaper

Bill of Sale

Bill-of-sale - P. Daigneau, Dr. - Practical Horseshoer and General Repairing
P. Daigneau & Van Antwerp, Dr. - Practical Horseshoers

Print, Photographic

Relief - Abraham Lincoln

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - Edsel Ford

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Disc, Compact - Street Corner Blues

Program - Program, 19th Biennial Reunion, Polar Bear Association
and 310th Engineers Association

Poster - MISS PEPSI Unlimited Multiple Step Hydroplane, 1949-1956

Print, Photographic

Dish, Dessert

Transparency, Slide

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Union Trust Bldg., Detroit, Mich.

Postcard - Boating on the Canal; Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Chart, Navigational - Lake Superior

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Menu - The Sanders Menu, Vol. 2, No. 16

Transparency, Slide

Carving

Postcard - Public Library, Detroit, Mich.

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Slide

Sign

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard

Print, Photographic - Thanksgiving Day, 1973

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Michigan State Building

Print, Photographic - Ethnic Festival '76

Menu - The Sanders Menu, Vol. 2, No. 21

Postcard - "Western States"

Photograph, Cabinet - Mary Frances Bristol Barr

Revolver, Cartridge

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