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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

Tin

Negative, Film - First National Bank Building

Print, Photographic - Stable Boy with Customers on Horse and Buggy, Belle Isle

Apron, Cooking

Sconce

Negative, Film

Negative, Sheet Film

Directory

Print, Photographic - Colerain School - erected 1925

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - Michigan, The State Where I Was Born

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Program, Theater

Print, Photographic

Painting - Harry T. Ewing

Manual - Detroit Police Manual

Card, Business

Negative, Film

Dress

Blueprint - Detroit - Prior to the Fire of June 11, 1805

Card, Trade

Print, Photographic

Invitation

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - Silver Heels

Sticker, Bumper

Print, Photographic

Booklet - The Telephone and How to Use It.

Print, Photographic

Advertisement

Print, Photographic

Image, Digital

Paper, Letterhead - The Michigan Stove Company

Print, Photographic

Candlestick

Plate, Dinner

Roster - Detroit Kiwanis Club No. 1
Membership Roster

Cup, Demitasse

Print, Photographic

Ticket - City of Detroit Dept. of Street Railways

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Poster

Dress

Negative, Film

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