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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

Negative, Film

Letter - Headquarters, Michigan Military Academy

Print, Photographic

Blueprint - Exist. Cond. - Demolition,
Historic Fort Wayne Parade Grounds Construction

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Dress

Print, Photographic

Invoice

Map - D.S.S. & A.R.R. Land Plan, Showing Right of Way at Point St. Ignace

Booklet - Today's Children Tomorrow's Hope: The Story of Children in the Occupied Lands

Block, Toy

Negative, Glass-plate

Print, Photographic

Sign, Advertising

Print, Photographic - Ford home at 66 Edison Ave.

Blueprint - Stmr. City of Cleveland III,
Main Deck

Print, Photographic

Card, Draft

Program, Theater

Drawing

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Magazine - The Polish Review, Vol. IV, No. 48, December 25, 1944

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Certificate, Membership

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Snuffbox

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - Adams Jr. High, Mason, Dearborn, Mich

Seat, Folding

Poster - If you knew a day's pay would save a Life - would you give one day a month

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Slide

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Envelope

Print, Photographic

Label, Product

Poster - All Together!
Enlist in the Navy

Print, Photographic

Envelope - The American Mother in Detroit

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