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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

Directory - Tau Beta Association Directory, 1995

T-Shirt

Postcard - Pontchartrain Hotel and Hammond Building, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Brochure - D&C Delightful Cruises on the Great Lakes

Letter

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Baseball

Ring, Life

Print, Photographic

Embosser, Label

Postcard - Interior Horticultural Bldg, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Slide

Booklet - The Book-Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, Michigan - Dhs_2000_005_004_cover_sf

Negative, Film

print, photographic

Newsletter - Y.M.C.A. Monthly Bulletin, Vol. VIII, No. 1.

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Specification - Specifications for Mr. S. J. Hardenbergh for a Repair Job to Be Done on the West Side of Avery Avenue Between Lysander and Forest Avenues, Detroit, Michigan.

Print, Photographic

Cup

Print, Photographic

Advertisement - New Detroit Jazz Ensemble

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Print, Photographic

Letter

Booklet - D&C Lake Lines Low Cost All-Expense Romance Cruises to Mackinac Island, Harbor Springs, Georgian Bay, visit Buffalo and Niagara Falls.

Booklet - Low-Cost All-Expense Great Lakes Cruises, Detroit to Niagara Falls, Mackinac Island, Harbor Springs, Georgian Bay

Report, Annual - La-Z-Boy Incorporated
2004 Annual Report

Stereograph - Toilet Cases Are Fitted With Glass Bottles With Silver Tops - Smokers' Sets With Automatic Lighters Are Provided, Hudson Motor Car Co, Detroit, USA

Plate, Butter

Songbook

Toy

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Envelope

Print, Photographic

Postcard - New Casino, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Record, Phonograph

Negative, Film

Program, Theater - The Playgoer, Vol. 7, No. 10

Print, Photographic

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