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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

Postcard - C.P.R. Steamer in Canadian Lock. Sault Ste. Marie, Canada.

Magazine - P-D Employees Review, vol. 2, no. 10, October 1946

Postcard - Don. P. Simmons, Student Aviator

Booklet - Logging in Michigan

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Catalog - Detroit Jewel Catalog, 1889

Postcard - Log Cabin, Palmer Park, Detroit, Mich.

Menu

Postcard - Woodward Avenue, Looking North from City Hall, Detroit, Mich.

Negative, Film

Sign, Informational

Postcard - Band Stand at Night, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Pitcher, Cream

Booklet

Sign, Informational

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - Mt. Elliott Cemetery, Northeast Corner

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - The Puritan March and Two-Step

Letter

Transparency, Slide

Announcement - Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of MLK's Speech
at Grosse Pointe South

Dress

Diploma

Print, Photographic

Blueprint - Cultural Center Plan

Print, Photographic - Memorial Park, October 1981

Flag

Book - Beyond the Difference

Scarf

Letter

Program - 2004 Michigan State Fair Souvenir Program

Baseball

Print, Photographic

Program

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Card, Holiday

Postcard - Ford Rotunda - Dearborn, Michigan - Ford Rotunda

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Slide

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Program, Theater

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