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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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Learn about our history, meet the dedicated team preserving Detroit’s legacy, and discover what we’re doing today.

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Digital Collection: Random Images

Camera, Motion Picture

Print, Photographic

Postcard

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Postcard - Bird's Eye View of Gratiot Avenue and East Side, Detroit, Mich.

Postcard - Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company

Bill, Tax - County of Wayne

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Print, Photographic - Huron Portland Cement Company

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Candlestick

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Booklet - The Henry Ford Home Becomes Fair Lane Conference Center on the Dearborn Campus, The University of Michigan

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Collage

U-Matic - Neighborhood Shots: People/Working/etc..
P.M./Spirit/People Downtown

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Program - World Team Tennis

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Booklet - By-Laws of the Commissioners of Parks and Boulevards of the City of Detroit

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Print, Photographic

T-Shirt

Light, Night

Postcard - Maybury Monument

Postcard

Transparency, Slide

Blueprint - Interpretive Center - Fort Wayne - Floor Plan

Print, Photographic - Temple Beth El at 3424 Woodward Ave.

Negative, Film

Box

Negative, Glass-plate

Music, Sheet - In the Shadow of the Alamo

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Case, Beer

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Invoice

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Print, Photographic - Stoney Creek School - founded 1849 - a centennial school; Interior View

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