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Digital Collection: Random Images

Envelope - Republican Speakers:
Here is your Ammunition on Waste, Corruption, Communism

Sticker, Bumper

Program, Theater

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Resolution - Record of John Kendall, A Member of the Old Volunteer Fire Department at the Time of the Organization of the Present Detroit Fire Department in 1865

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic - 1723 Iroquois

Print, Photographic - Eastern Market

Postcard - Campus Martius, City Hall, and Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Booklet - The Michigan Bell

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Print, Photographic

Postcard - The New Detroit

Negative, Film

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Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - 9825 Str. Sagmore on Lake George

Map - Map of Detroit and Environs

Motorboat

Negative, Film

Book - Beyond the Difference

Print, Photographic

Dress

Print, Photographic

Binder, Ring

Advertisement - Rose

Print, Photographic

Post Folder - Souvenir Folder Detroit, Mich.

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Poster - Keep This Hand of Mercy at its Work

Magazine - The Boomer, September-October 1942

Print, Photographic

Ad, Magazine

Pitcher, Water

Airplane

Postcard

Plate, Butter

Holder, Corn

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