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Dossin Great Lakes Museum

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Digital Collection: Random Images

Brochure - D&C Lake Lines, 1945, The Grand Fleet of the Great Lakes

Print, Photographic - 2828 14th Street, Detroit, MI

Helmet, Firefighter's

Newsletter - The Second Baptist Advocate, Vol. 29, No. 4, October-December 1980

Ballot

Print, Photographic - Detail 7100 W. Long Lake Rd.

Print, Photographic

Instruction Sheet

Booklet - What is the Answer?

Print, Photographic

Dress

Print

Receipt

Card, Holiday

Candlestick

Menu - The Sanders Menu, Vol. 2, No. 20

Print, Photographic

Brochure - Joe Louis Congressional Gold Medal
[bronze reproduction]

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Blueprint - Detroit Municipal Credit Union

Invoice

Post Folder - Souvenir Folder of Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Newsletter - Jib Sheet

Print, Photographic

Brochure - Centennial of the Michigan Central Railroad

Print, Photographic

Drawing, Architectural - Front Elevation

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Coat

Postcard - Spirit of the Northwest, Detroit Public Library - Spirit of the Northwest Detroit Public Library

Program

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Belle Isle Rose Garden, Detroit, Mich.

Uniform, Military

Program - Congratulations Class of "28"

Letter

Print, Photographic

Sculpture - South Wind

Chart, Organizational

Film, Motion Picture - Neighborhood
Rich's Walk, S. Hatfield (Cutaways)
Rich's Interview
"Neighborhood"
Rolls 3 to 7 & 2 w/o #'s

Print, Photographic

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