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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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Learn about our history, meet the dedicated team preserving Detroit’s legacy, and discover what we’re doing today.

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Digital Collection: Random Images

Novelty, Promotional

Specification - Specifications for a Complete System of Low Pressure Steam Heating and a Ventilating System to be Installed in the Residence to be Erected for Mrs. James Edgar, Situated on Iroquois Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.

Print - City Scape 01

Button, Souvenir

Album, Record - Eddie Kendricks

Print, Photographic

Invitation

Statue

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Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - 58 Bagley in the 1920s

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Birdcage

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Animal, Stuffed

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Transparency, Slide

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Print, Photographic - Fox Creek Enclosure Under Jefferson Avenue

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Videotape

Postcard - Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, Mich.

Menu

Dress

Trophy

Postcard - Ford Motor Company, River Rouge, Mich. - Ford Motor Company, River Rouge, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Menu

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Print, Photographic

Saucer

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Print, Photographic

Map - Historical Map of the Essex Frontier

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Card, Advertising

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Negative, Film

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Newspaper

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Book, Comic - Abbott #1

Letter

Map - Generalized Types of Farming in the United States

Print, Photographic

Souvenir

Print, Photographic

Card, Trade

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