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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

Negative, Film

Certificate, Attendance

Coaster

Postcard - Belle Isle Bridge from Gabriel Richard Park on Mainland, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Lantern

Lithograph

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Postcard

Animal, Toy

Postcard - Capitol Square Park, Detroit

Program - World Team Tennis

Cup, Coffee - Dhs_2024_128_006_side_sf

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Ballot - Instruction Ballot

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Dress

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Magazine - Moslem Fez, August 1932

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Print, Photographic

Emblem, Automotive

Booklet - D&C Great Lakes Cruises

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Cookbook - Junior Goodwill Cook Book

Print, Photographic

Pitcher, Water

Negative, Sheet Film

Program, Theater

Postcard - Greenfield Village, Edison Institute, Dearborn, Michigan

Program - Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club, Twenty-fifth Anniversary

Print, Photographic - Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic School - View Out a Front Window

Postcard - Detroit Civic Center, Proposal of Riverfront Club Affiliated

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Postcard

Print, Photographic - Main Lobby - Bootblack

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Book, Instruction - 'Good Morning' Music, Calls, and Directions for Old Time Dancing as Revived by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford

Badge, Identification

Print, Photographic

Costume, Performance

Print, Photographic

Souvenir

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