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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

Film, Motion Picture - Urban D 024 9713 024 0499, C 9916468 - 9917248

Card, Membership

Print, Photographic

Blueprint - 40 Foot Steel Work Launch,
Lines and Offsets for
U. S. Lake Survey Office, Detroit, Michigan

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Postcard - Hudson Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich.

Snuffbox

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Postcard - Pompeian Room Adjoining Main Cafe, Hotel Griswold, Detroit, Mich.

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Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - Car No. 3068

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Print, Photographic

Booklet - The Message of the President, Freedom... Our Sacred Trust

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Postcard - Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, Mich.

Baseball

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Print, Photographic

Flier, Political - Vote Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001
The Community Coalition Slate

Blueprint - Layout - Grading,
Historic Fort Wayne Parade Grounds Construction

Print, Photographic

Report - Report of the Street Railway Commission to the
Honorable Common Council on the Miller-Schorn System

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Animal, Toy

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Print, Photographic

Negative, Glass-plate

Newsletter - La-Z-News

Postcard - White Star Line Dock, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Lamp

Cup, Demitasse

Booklet - The Directory Journal

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Postcard - The Clark Mineral Springs Bath House, Fort Street, Detroit, Mich.

Automobile

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Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Letter - News Bulletin
Central Business District Association

Drawing

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Print, Photographic

Postcard

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