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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

Invitation

Program

Book - The Land of the Lost

Print, Photographic

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U-Matic - Clips of City
People Mover
Trappers Alley
Fire Engine Dedication
New Center

Poster, Theater

Desk Set

Menu - The Sanders Menu, Vol. 1, No. 14

Postcard - Fort St West, Detroit, Mich.

Menu

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Bill-of-sale - Natural Gas Fitting and Supply Company

Dress

Print, Photographic - Corner of East Jefferson/Seminole

Print, Photographic

Stereograph - Partial View Of Employees' Dining, Hudson Motor Car Co, Detroit, USA

Print, Photographic

Booklet - Communication of Hon. Wm. C. Maybury on Controller F. A. Blades' Plan for Making Permanent Improvements in the City of Detroit by the Issue of Thhirty Year Four Per Cent Bonds.

Print, Photographic

Booklet - This Was Dearborn

Robe

Postcard - Greenfield Village Stagecoach, Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Glass-plate

Print, Photographic

Stereograph - Auxiliary Seats In Hudson Super-Six Touring Sedan Fold Easily Into Recesses When Not In Use, Hudson Motor Car Co, Detroit, USA

Postcard - Wayne Cigar Co., Detroit, Mich., U.S.A. Operated by Chas. J. Spietz and Albert Worch.

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Postcard - Seeing Detroit, Mich.

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Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Ashtray

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Negative, Film

Transparency, Slide

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Print, Photographic

Souvenir

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Thimble

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