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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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Digital Collection: Random Images

Stereograph - Serving Counter And Staff Of The Hudson Cafeteria, Hudson Motor Car Co, Detroit, USA

VHS - Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Facility, Update May 1988
Original (First) Tape [handwritten]

Cup, Coffee - Dhs_2024_128_007_front_sf

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

Booklet - Recipes and Household Hints

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Postcard - Secretary House, Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan

Sticker - Roller Skater's Paradise, Skateland

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Register, Cash

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Toy

Lamp, Carbide

Print, Photographic - Harbor Lights

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Negative, Film

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Transparency, Slide

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Animal, Toy

Booklet

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Booklet - Exercises at the Laying of the Corner Stone

Cup

Negative, Film

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Blueprint - Historic Fort Wayne, Promenade/Overlook

Cartoon

Instruction Sheet

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Coat

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Handbill - Derrick May

Postcard - Grand Ball Room and Banquet Room - 12th Floor. Hotel Webster Hall - Detroit, Mich.

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Postcard - Acknowledgment of Return of Ration Evidences

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Ad, Magazine

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