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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

Carving

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - The Flyer of the Lakes

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Stretcher, Shoe

Postcard - Jefferson Avenue and Burke Street, River Rouge, Mich.

Newsletter - Jib Sheet

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Chart, Navigational - Chart of St. Clair Flats
Showing the Positions of Light House & Beacon
Now in Course of Erection and the Channel Excavated in 1857& 1858

Pouch

Card, Advertising - Access

Decoy

Album, Record - The Man At The Pool (LP-26)

Bag, Shopping

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Glass-plate

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Rifle, Percussion

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Brochure - Downtown Detroit Days

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Drawing, Technical - Rudder for F.&P.M. No. 1

Newsletter - The Bank Messenger - A Pictorial Monthly
(published by Peninsular State Bank)

Coaster

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Slide

Negative, Film

Card, Trade

Print, Photographic

Magazine - The Hudsonian, Vol. 36, No. 7

Postcard, Picture

Roster - R.S.R.O.A. Membership at the Close of the Fiscal Year, April 4, 1939

Print, Photographic

Card, Political - (X) Vote for John R. Damm

Print, Photographic

Booklet - Detroit Police Department

Drawing, Architectural - Schoolroom Exhibit Modification

Print, Photographic

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