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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

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Magazine - The Main Sheet

Pennant

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Envelope - The American Mother in Detroit

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Postcard - Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic - Under-Secretary Bunche Visits UNFICYP

Report, Annual - La-Z-Boy Incorporated
1999 Annual Report

Cup, Coffee - Dhs_2024_128_007_front_sf

Print, Photographic - Farmers Market

Brochure - The Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Gallery

Postcard - The Russell House, Detroit, W.J. Chittenden, Prop

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Postcard - A Residence and Detroit Athletic Club. Detroit. Mich.

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Report, Annual

Poster - Official United States War Films

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Negative, Film

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Bill, Tax - County of Wayne

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Note, Promissory

Folio - Detroit Illustrated

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Sofa - Dhs_1940_017_004a_arceye_user_001

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Bottle

Drawing, Architectural - West Elevation,
East Elevation

Dress

Print, Photographic - Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1973

Lathe, Record

Transparency, Slide

Report, Annual - Annual Report of the Detroit Thrift Gardens for the Garden Year Ending Oct. 31, 1933

Painting

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Agreement

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