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Digital Collection: Random Images

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Negative, Film

License, Occupational - United States Coast Guard Master License

Emblem, Automotive

Desk, Portable

Article - Only an Auction Market for Organs Will Work

Bottle, Medicine

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Stereograph - Auxiliary Seats In Hudson Super-Six Touring Sedan Fold Easily Into Recesses When Not In Use, Hudson Motor Car Co, Detroit, USA

Blueprint - Outpost to Industry - Kresge Hall

Negative, Glass-plate

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Poem - The Confederate Note

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Belt

Blueprint - Plan of Gallery - Deck, Str. City of Cleveland, No. 71

Drawing, Technical - Maryland Port Authority,
Self-Propelled Oil Recovery Barge -
Surface Oil Recovery Unit Installation Plan

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Letter

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Booklet

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Print - Perry's "Niagara," Battle of Lake Erie, 1813

Pitcher, Cream

Diploma

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Dress

Handbill

Souvenir

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Postcard - Diver about to descend into Detroit River near Bois Blanc Island, Str. Britania approaching.

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Letter - Progress of Public Education in Detroit in the 19th Century

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Program - First Annual Gabriel Richard Lecture

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