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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

Poster - The World Cannot Live Half Slave, Half Free

Print, Photographic

Program, Theater

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Letter

Hat

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Program, Theater - Detroit Opera House Program

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Print, Photographic

Transparency, Slide

Photograph, Cabinet

Menu

Booklet - What is the Answer?

Blueprint - Cross Sections for Detroit Fire Boat

Print, Photographic - 3426 Piquette

Hat

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Program, Dance

Program - Gold Cup Regatta, Unlimited Hydroplanes
Spirit of Detroit Association

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Machine, Slot

Blueprint - General Arrangement of Sprinkler System,
Main & Promenade Decks

Stein

Print, Photographic

Film, Motion Picture

Postcard - New Wayne County Building, Detroit, Mich.

Letter

Statement, Financial - Commissioners of Banking in Michigan

Lamp, Oil

Map - Carte Nouvelle de L'Amerique Angloise Contenant La Virginie, Mary-Land, Caroline, Penssylvania, Nouvelle Iork, N: Iarssey, N: France, et Les Terres Nouvellement Decouerte Dresse fur les Relations les Plus Nouvelles

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Card, Political - (X) Vote for John T. Damm

Negative, Film

Bag

Print, Photographic

Dress

Moccasin

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Drawing, Technical - Joiner Plan,
Crew's Quarters For'd.

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