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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

Print, Photographic

Brochure

Negative, Glass-plate

Postcard - Fire Tug "James Battle" in action, Detroit, Mich. - Fire Tug "James Battle" in action, Detroit, Mich.

Image, Digital

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Ribbon

Holder, Pencil

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Animal, Stuffed

Crate

Report - A New System of Surface Rapid Transit

Calendar - University of Michigan Department of Medicine and Surgery Order of Exercises, First Semester, 1889-90.

Print, Photographic - Doubleday Bookshop, City National Building

Print, Photographic

Yearbook - 1977 Detroit Tigers Yearbook

Booklet - St. Clair's Defeat 1791

Print, Photographic

Chart, Flow

Book, Address - Michigan Stove Company

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Poster - You buy 'em, We'll fly 'em!

Print, Photographic

Banner

Print, Photographic

Scorebook - The Detroit Tribune Base Ball Score Book, National League Games. 1888.

Receipt - James C. Watson Livery

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Cabinet, Medicine

Card, Trade - Walker-McGraw Company

Cup, Coffee

Hook

Menu

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Postcard - Aquarium and Horticultural Hall, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Photograph, Cabinet

Negative, Film

Telegram

Blotter, Desk

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