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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

Advertisement - National Mazda Auto Lamps

Print, Photographic

Negative

Print, Photographic

Booklet - The 60th Anniversary of the birth of Franklin Hills Country Club, 1927-1987

Blueprint - Yankee One-Design Class Construction Plan

Sauceboat

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Print, Photographic - Robert Hopkin in His Studio

Print, Photographic

Stereoview

Print, Photographic

Set, Drafting

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Postcard - Ford Rotunda, River Rouge, Near Detroit, Mich. - Ford Rotunda, River Rouge, Near Detroit, Mich.

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Newsletter - Detroit Radio News, Vol. 1, No. 6

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Sunset Bridge to Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Blueprint - Detroit & Buffalo
[SS Greater Detroit and SS Greater Buffalo]

Magazine - The Main Sheet

Postcard - Don. P. Simmons, Student Aviator

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Cover, Map - The Detroit Free Press Bicycle Road Map, 1896

Postcard - The Heart of Detroit, Mich

Letter

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Slide - The Detroit Edison Company

Booklet - Detroit, Wayne County and Michigan -
A Story for Children

Model

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Film, Motion Picture - Powe -Maco
Bronson Gentry (Weed Work)
"Neighborhood" Rolls 4-6
1- Original & Workprint
"Free Concert" -Pam's Band
Balloons/Smiling Faces/Partying
Good People Shots/Pam's Band
Snd Efx - Balloon Inflation
Home Fix Up - Maco
C

Program, Theater

Card, Identification - Detroit Terminal Railroad Co.
Retired Employee's Identification

Toy

Drawing

Envelope

Bulletin - University of Detroit Bulletin Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1

Surrey - Auto Top Surrey

Release, News - Flash Beaver

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