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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

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Card, Baseball

Songbook

Blueprint - Detroit Municipal Credit Union

Photograph, Cabinet

Card, Holiday

Postcard - Interior Belle Isle Casino West View

Image, Digital

Poster - Factories of the Champion Spark Plug Co.

Bottle, Smelling

Game, Educational

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Print, Photographic

Bookstand

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Print, Photographic - U of M President's House

U-Matic - Tape 4
Media Day Footage
Night & Day Shots of Ren Cen & People Mover
Logged
4-28-90

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Model

Print, Photographic

Post Folder - Folding View Book of Detroit, Mich.

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Model - Viking - 35

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Invoice

Newsletter - WE Winkelman Employees
December, 1969

Print, Photographic - Chapoton House (Muccioli Studio), 511 Beaubien, Detroit, front railing

Game, Dexterity

Card, Trade

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Fire Department Responding to an Alarm. Detroit, Mich. - Fire Department Responding to an Alarm

Newsletter - WE Winkelman Employees, vol. 10, no. 1
July, 1960

Music, Sheet - Hang Your Hat in Detroit

Print, Photographic

Trunk

Booklet - Your Guide to the Celebration in Honor of Thomas Alva Edison, October 21, 1929

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Print, Photographic

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Dress

Platter

Advertisement - Globe Heater

Negative, Film

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Envelope - Growth of Christian Science in Detroit in the 20th Century

Postcard - Monroe Ave., from Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich.

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