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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

Postcard - "S. S. Tashmoo" Landing at Stag Island, Marysville, Mich.

Print, Photographic

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Book - Beyond the Difference

Blueprint - Guard House - Building 205, Proposed East Elevation

Print, Photographic

Letter

Print, Photographic - Detail Eastern Market

Yearbook - Prospector

Negative, Film

Music, Sheet - The Song of Michigan

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Stereograph - Cutting Hides For Hudson Super-Six Upholstery In Factory Of The Hudson Motor Car Company In The Background, Hudson Motor Car Co, Detroit, USA

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Print, Photographic

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Print, Photographic - "Botanical Gardens"

Postcard

Newsletter - WE Winkelman Employees
December, 1969

Handbill - Tone Up With Tones!

Record, Phonograph

Toy, Truck

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Image, Digital

Print, Photographic

Invitation

Dress

Letter

Negative, Film

Certificate, Stock - Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company

Print, Photographic

Negative, Roll Film

Envelope, Money

Stadimeter

Negative, Film

Placemat

Print, Photographic

Statue

Postcard - The Madison and Lenox Apartment Hotels, Detroit

Drawing, Technical - Structural Survey and Study - Pittsburgh Steamship Fleet;
Stress Diagram: Full Load, Double Wave, Sagging

Pin, Lapel

Card, Greeting - La-Z-Boy

Postcard - Hotel Statler, Detroit, Mich.

Pamphlet

Print, Photographic

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