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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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Enjoy a variety of events, from lectures, book talks, and film screenings to family-friendly activities, behind-the-scenes tours, concerts, and more!

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Learn about our history, meet the dedicated team preserving Detroit’s legacy, and discover what we’re doing today.

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Digital Collection: Random Images

Print, Photographic - Newberry Hall

Postcard - Along the Lake, Clarks Park

Postcard - Belle Isle Pavilion.

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard

Etching - Pontiac Memorial Tree

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Letter

Negative, Film

Pencil

Program - United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary,
Annual Report and Proceedings, Fifty-Sixth Annual Encampment

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Lantern Slide

Souvenir

Poster - Courage, Comrades, I'm Coming

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Report - Michigan Highway Transportation System
Resources and Distribution of Funds
Proposed Five-year Program

Letter

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - Fields, E. Detroit 11:30 AM; Paved Basketball Court; Canton, Congress

Print, Photographic

Dress

Transparency, Lantern-slide

Postcard - Scene at Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Negative, Film

Kit, Press

Report, Annual - La-Z-Boy Incorporated 2009 Annual Report

Catalog - Blue Book

Negative, Film

Letter - Detroit Association of Charities

Postcard - 11668 Stone Bridge, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

Photograph, Cabinet

Register, Family - Family Record

Print, Photographic

Sash

Blueprint

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Greetings from Michigan

Postcard - The Crowd that Cheered the Arrows, May 19-19. Woodward Ave After the Parade.

Folio - Detroit Illustrated

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - Dodge Main Destruction

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