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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

Candlestick

Print, Photographic

Plate, Bread

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Program - The 112th Annual Michigan State Fair and Exposition Premium List

Postcard - New Michigan Central Station by Night, Detroit, Mich.

Letter

Transparency, Slide

Advertisement

Negative, Film

Bill of Sale

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Negative, Film

Spittoon

Transparency, Slide

Postcard - Public Library, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Poster - Traugott Schmidt & Sons

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - Let's All Take a Trip Out to Riverview

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Detroit Boat Club, Detroit, Mich.

Program

Print, Photographic

Minutes - Minutes of the Rules Committee Meeting Held on Tuesday, April 24, 1951, at the Home of Captian Earl McQueen in Amherstburg

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Advertisement

Newsletter - Monroe La-Z-News

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Roll-film

Souvenir

Casserole

Booklet - Manual of the Board of Education
and Directory of the Detroit Public Schools, 1900

Drawing, Architectural - Front Elevation

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Menu

Print, Photographic

Album, Record - Going Thru the Roof

Print, Photographic - Grosse Ile Historical Museum

Container, Fuel

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Print, Photographic

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