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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

Handbill

Print, Photographic

Box, Accessory

Tray, Money

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - Wight Street and Adair, Facing East

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Print, Photographic

Postcard - Florentine Room, Hotel Addison, Woodward Ave. at Charlotte St., Detroit, Mich. - Florentine Room, Hotel Addison

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Badge, Insignia

Transparency, Slide

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Card, Credit

Wheel, Steering

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Transmitter

Flier - There's Something Special about a Picnic at Bob-Lo

Resolution - Detroit Historical Society Testimonial Resolution to Stanley S. Kresge

Print, Photographic

Binder, Post - Appraisal of Buildings for Michigan Bell Telephone Co.
by Albert Kahn, Inc.

Print, Photographic

Certificate

Plate, Dessert

Print, Photographic

Jacket, Life

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Steamer "Put-In-Bay," Detroit, Put-In-Bay & Sandusky Route. - Steamer "Put-In-Bay," Detroit, Put-In-Bay & Sandusky Route

Print, Photographic

Catalog, Sales - Mabley & Company Fashion Review, Fall & Winter 1885-6

Program

Book, Discharge - United States Department of Commerce Discharge Book No. 164258

Poster - Care is Costly

Report - Proposed Super-Highway Plan for Greater Detroit

Transparency, Slide

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Pamphlet - A Tribute to George and Anne, Old Timers Day, Belle Isle, 1950

Program

Print, Photographic - St. Hyacinth

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Slide

Letter

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