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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

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Cookbook - The Detroit News Favorite Party Recipes

Print, Photographic

Catalog

Drawing, Technical - General Arrangement

Magazine - Odds and Ends, Vol. XIV, No. 4, December 1929

Print, Photograph

Music, Sheet - Mama, Where is Papa? Tell Me Why He Don't Come Home

Negative, Film

Report, Annual

Announcement, Business

Program - 1997 Michigan State Fair Souvenir Program

Card, Holiday

Extinguisher, Fire

Telephone, Cellular

Postcard - Acknowledgment of Return of Ration Evidences

Stretcher, Glove

Baseball

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Scene, Palmer Park, Detroit, Mich.

Negative, Film

Yardstick

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Negative, Film

Pitcher, Beer

Plate, Dinner

Menu

Program, Theater - The Playgoer

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Advertisement

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Slide

Print, Photographic - Columbia

Hairpin

Print, Photographic

Letter - Gordy Foundation, Inc.

Trumpet, Speaking

Blueprint - General Arrangement of Bulk Lake Freighter, Hull Nos. 287 and 288

Drawing, Architectural - Front Elevation

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Concert Day, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Harp, Aeolian

Print, Photographic

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