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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

Plate, Dinner

Stub, Paycheck - The Stroh Brewery Company

Print, Photographic

Postcard

Model, Architect's

Bottle

Print, Photographic

Brochure - D&C Delightful Cruises on the Great Lakes

Negative, Glass-plate

Ledger

Shoe

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Label, Product

Print, Photographic

Plate, License

Iron

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Belt

Negative, Sheet Film

Postcard - Fisher Building, Detroit, Mich.

Negative, Film

Scorebook

Print, Photographic - Vasquez Home

Menu

Print, Photographic

Advertisement - True's Neatsfoot Harness Oil Blacking

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Sculpture - Spring Song II

Postcard - "The Awakening"--World's Greatest Outdoor Spectacle

Print, Photographic

Card, Recipe - September Recipes

Postcard

Booklet - Communication of Hon. Wm. C. Maybury on Controller F. A. Blades' Plan for Making Permanent Improvements in the City of Detroit by the Issue of Thhirty Year Four Per Cent Bonds.

Prospectus - Some Facts concerning the Alpena, Gaylord and Western Rail Road

Music, Sheet - Somebody Loves You

Print, Photographic

Stereoview

Report, Annual

Letter

Drawing, Architectural - Second Floor Plan,
Cobo Hall - Convention Arena,
Civic Center - City of Detroit, Michigan.

Image, Digital

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