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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

Postcard - Casino, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Pamphlet

Print, Photographic - St. Louis #47 Truck

Music, Sheet - La Detroit Waltzes

Periodical - DSR Reporter, May-June

Release, News

Postcard - Canoeing at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

Lithograph - Michigan Centennial Building

Postcard - Buffet, Hotel Griswold, Detroit, Mich.

Hat

Sticker, Bumper - Clara W. Rutherford, 69
City Treasurer

Blueprint - Yankee One-Design Class Sail Plan

Release, News

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Detroit, Mich. Post Office, West Fort Street

Tin

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Negative, Film

Negative, Film

Transparency, Roll-film

Postcard - Floral Design, "In Detroit Life is Worth Living," Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich.

Postcard - Bagley Monument and Palmer Fountain on Campus Martius, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Letter

Program, Theater

Stereoview

Print, Photographic

Invoice

Menu

Transparency

Print, Photographic

Hat

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Envelope - Official Cover '86, Detroit Grand Prix V

Button, Souvenir

Postcard - Drive in Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Manuscript - Children's House

Poster - J.W. Johnston, The Great Land Dealer,
Found Dead in the Center of Jefferson Avenue,
by Two Jet Black Monguagons!

Print, Photographic

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