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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

Booklet - The Urban University

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Jug

Program, Theater - The Playgoer, Volume 22, Number 29

Print, Photographic

Film, Motion Picture - A Visit to Cobo Hall

Magazine - For the Guest in Detroit, Volume 3, Number 28

Negative, Film

Engraver, Metal

Pamphlet

Catalog, Sales - True Color Harmony

Print, Photographic

Postcard

Postcard - Detroit - The Automobile Capital of the World

Poster - Hero Land

Film, Motion Picture - Urban F 991 9037 - 991 9742 F 991 7420 - 991 8210 B 134 9433 - 135 0227

Print, Photographic

Chair

Negative, Film

Program - St. Mary's Hospital,
One Hundred Years of Service, 1845-1945

Print, Photographic - Sentinal

Program - 2000 Michigan State Fair Souvenir Program

Photograph, Cabinet

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Log, Ship's - Engineer's Log
Steamer, Eastern States

Lyrics, Song - Neutron Dance

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Print, Photographic

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Card, Trade

Statue

Menu - Holiday Menu

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Program - The 109th Annual Michigan State Fair Home Arts Premium List

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Brochure - The Dearborn Inn Guest Book, FIfty Glorious Years at One of America's Great Inns...

Silhouette

Discharge, Military

Poster, Advertisement

Program, Theater

Postcard - Grand Canal, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

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