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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

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Brochure - An Artist Views Detroit: Paintings by John Z. Gelsavage

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Slide - Linwood Madonna & Child

Print, Photographic

Dress

Drawing, Technical - How Drill Can Clean Its Own Hole

Stereograph

Postcard - Detroit in 1820.

Program, Theater - Madam Butterfly

Negative, Film

Menu

Print, Photographic - Champion Spark Plug Foreman's Meeting, Hotel Webster Hall - Detroit.

Lamp

Music, Sheet - Varsity Eight Two Step

Menu

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Prospectus

Cap, Baseball

Certificate - Certificate of War Necessity
Commercial Vehicle
Single Unit
SUPPLEMENT

Negative, Sheet Film

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Automobile - 1934 Chrysler Airflow 4-Door Sedan

Print, Photographic - Jeanette McMillan Liggett

Baton

Souvenir - Baseball in Detroit

Coupon, Ration

Music, Sheet - Knight Errant

Bottle, Perfume

Wax Cylinder

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Post Folder - Latest View Folder of Detroit, Mich.

Postcard

Postcard - Bridge, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Post Folder - Greetings from Detroit

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Sky Line of River Front and Panoramic View, Detroit, Mich.

Negative, Film

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