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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 - Gratiot Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Lyrics, Song - Friends Like Us

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Songbook

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Machine, Sewing

Coat

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Negative, Film

Box, Recipe

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Transparency, Slide

Animal, Stuffed

Postcard - Dance Pavilion at Bob-Lo (Canada), Detroit River

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Music, Sheet - Michigan Pioneers

Candlestick

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Blueprint - Interpretive Center, Historic Fort Wayne -
New Toilet Room

Postcard - Casino, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

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Negative, Film

Music, Sheet - When Knighthood Was in Flower

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Pamphlet - River R.F.D.

Drawing, Technical - Structural Survey and Study - Pittsburgh Steamship Fleet;
Stress Diagram: Partial Ballast, Double Wave, Hogging

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Box, Accessory

Print, Photographic - Eastern Side of Woodward Ave. Between Campus Martius and Gratiot Ave.

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Sign, Advertising

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic - Commercial Buildings - Randolph St. - Detroit

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Grater

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Tractor, Farm

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Negative, Film

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Print - 100 Years in the Region of the Great Lakes;
Oglebay, Norton & Company, from 1854

Music, Sheet - The Letter Song

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Negative, Glass-plate

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