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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

Bill, Tax - City of Detroit
General City Tax Bill

Folder, File - SEMTA Information

Brochure - The Big Outdoor

Print, Photographic

Painting

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Photocopy - SS Edmund Fitzgerald

Pennant

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Print - In an Earlier Day the Old Building Was Itself a Showplace of the Newspaper World

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Card, Membership

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Negative, Glass-plate

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Catalog - Seed Annual, 1916

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Plate, Butter

Print, Photographic - Living Room of Fair Lane

Postcard - International Border City

Pamphlet

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Negative, Film

Postcard - Buffalo in Belle Isle Zoo, Detroit, Mich.

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Book - Transactions of the Grand Lodge of F. and A. Masons of the State of Michigans and its Annual Communications held in Detroit, Janyary 14, A.L. 5863

Film, Motion Picture

Print, Photographic

Placemat

Booklet - The Message of the President, Freedom... Our Sacred Trust

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Magazine - The Main Sheet

Map - Official Map Showing State Parks, Fish Hatcheries, Forests, Game Reserves, Fire Towers, and National Forest Purchase Units in Michigan

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Sign

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Toy

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