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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

Image, Digital

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Public Library, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Chair

Handbill - Derrick May

Print, Photographic

Ad, Magazine

Cup, Coffee

Menu

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Booklet - Happy Hours In Picture Land

Print, Photographic

Brochure - All Roads Will Lead to Detroit in September. Why? / Detroit's Great Fair and Exposition

Hatbox

Souvenir

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - North Side of Lyman Between St. Aubin and Dubois

Print, Photographic

Register, Cash

Card, Trade

Catalog - Detroit Jewel Catalog 1925

Poster - Federal Fights for Victory

Card, Collecting

Print, Photographic - 2720 Cochrane, Detroit, Michigan

Menu

Receipt

Booklet

Print, Photographic

Film, Motion Picture

Postcard - The Majestic Servself, Basement Majestic Building, Detroit.

Specification - Specifications for Mr. Fred K. Miller for a Solid Brick Two Story Store Building Located on the Rear of Lot 365 at the South-East Corner of Eighteenth and Perry Streets, Detroit, Michigan.

Stamp, Postage

Stationery

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Scene, Palmer Park, Detroit, Mich.

Baseball

Correspondence - VISTA

Print, Photographic

Menu

Menu

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Certificate, Stock - Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Co. (Canada) Limited

Negative, Glass-plate

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