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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

Platter

Certificate, Membership

Poster - Don't be a fool - Use Protective Gas Cover

Print, Photographic

Automobile - 1963 Ford XD Cobra prototype

Print, Photographic

Bill, Tax - County of Wayne

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Cabinet, Medicine

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Postcard - Mariner's Church

Flier

Print, Photographic

Newsletter - Jib Sheet

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Postcard - White Star Line Steamer Owana

Booklet - Building a World Class City II: A Progress Report on Economic Development in the City of Detroit

Postcard - Washington Boulevard from Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Plate, Bread

Print, Photographic

Negative, Glass-plate

Negative, Glass-plate

Postcard

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Poster - BUF, Detroit Black United Fund, Inc.

Image, Digital

Drawing, Architectural - Meeting & Banquet Halls,
Second Floor Plan,
Cobo Hall - Convention Arena,
Civic Center - City of Detroit, Michigan

Postcard - White Star Line Dock, Detroit, Mich

Print, Photographic - Elementary School, Harvey C. Parke; Milwaukee East & Grand Blvd East; Built 1900

Print, Photographic

Matchbook

Postcard - Floral Calendar, Water Works Park, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Candlestick

Report, Annual - Annual Report,
Fiscal Year April 30, 1970
La-Z-Boy Chair Company

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Log Cabin, Bob-lo (Bois Blanc Island), Detroit River.

Transparency, Slide - The Detroit Edison Company

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Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

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