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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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Digital Collection: Random Images

Negative, Film

Dress

Automobile - 1934 Chrysler Airflow 4-Door Sedan

Print, Photographic

Pricelist

Print, Photographic

Plate, Bread

Print, Photographic

Engraver, Metal

Postcard - Bagley Monument and Palmer Fountain on Campus Martius. Detroit, Mich

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - 14176 Warwick Job No. 8623

Certificate, Marriage

Lamp

Painting

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Slide

Postcard - Telephone Building and Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Tag, Luggage

Print, Photographic

Ledger

Print, Photographic

Animal, Stuffed

Print, Photographic

Postcard

Negative, Film

Certificate, Stock

Booklet - It's the Talk of the Town

Postcard - School House 1861 Type. Dearborn, Mich

Print, Photographic

Specification - Specifications for Mr. James A. Dant for a Brick Veneered Four Family Flat Building Located on the Southwest Corner of Lothrop and Second Avenues, Detroit, Michigan.

Belt

Print, Photographic - Detroit Public Schools, Region 8 Attendance Center

Print, Photographic

Blueprint - Site Plan - Fort Wayne Restoration Project

Program, Theater

Print, Photographic

Mitten

Pen, Ballpoint

Schedule - Grand Trunk Railway System Suburban Time Table and Commutation Fares Between Detroit and Pontiac

Toy, Car

Blueprint - D. & C. Warehouse, Detroit, Michigan

Dress

Print, Photographic - Unknown

Print, Photographic

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