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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

Print, Photographic

Booklet - The Third Detroit Neighborhood Handbook

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Soldiers Monument, Detroit, Mich.

Postcard - Soldiers' Monument, City Hall and Dime Bank Building, Detroit, Mich.

Magazine - Tradition - The Monthly Publication of America's Picturesque Past

Postcard - N. Woodward Methodist Episcopal Church, Detroit, Mich.

Album, record - The Marvin Gaye Collection

Postcard - Bathing Scene, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

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Print, Photographic

Letter

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Music, Sheet - Chinatown, My Chinatown

Drawing

Drawing

Booklet - The Amateur Sailor

Print, Photographic - Saints Peter and Paul Church

Transparency, Slide

Booklet - 75 Years of Public Service

Brochure - 1942, An Invitation to Fun!

Dish, Dessert

Postcard - S.S. Christopher Columbus.
Chicago-Milwaukee Route. Goodrich Transportation Co.

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Pamphlet - Pontchartrain: a Name with historical Significance

Print, Photographic - Sidewalk Installation at Joe Louis Sports Arena

Spittoon

Blueprint - Barrier Free Design Implementation Program,
Historic Fort Wayne, Detroit, Michigan

Machine, Sewing

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard

Handcuff

Negative, Film

Magazine - Odds and Ends, Vol. XVI, No. 4, January 1931

Iron

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Negative, Film

Menu

Print, Photographic

Plate, Dessert

Postcard - Soo Locks Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

Purse

Transparency, Slide

Program - Gar Wood Trophy Race

Postcard - Masonic Temple, Detroit, Mich. 1093

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