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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

Crate

Drawing, Architectural - Front Elevation,
Street Side Elevation

Print, Photographic

Book

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Book - Transactions of the Grand Lodge of F. and A. Masons of the State of Michigans and its Annual Communications held in Detroit, Janyary 14, A.L. 5863

Drawing, Architectural - Front Elevation

Print, Photographic

Block, Alphabet

Newsletter - La-Z-News

Program, Theater

Transparency, Slide - Cleaner Cleaners

Hat

Print, Photographic

Advertisement

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Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Card, Political - America Needs
This Man In
the U.S. Senate

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard

Print, Photographic

Booklet - Selfridge Open House
100 Years, 2017 Centennial Edition

Print, Photographic

Letter

Letter

Program - Amandla: Mandela

Postcard

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Model

Postcard - Water Works Park, Detroit, Mich.

Transparency, Lantern Slide

Radio Receiver

Postcard

Certificate, Attendance

Print, Photographic - International Restaurant, 561 Monroe, Detroit, Greektown

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Certificate

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Bowl, Sugar

Postcard - Detroit Creamery Certified milk Farm, near Mount Clemens, Mich.
On the Main Highway between Detroit and Mt. Clemens, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Aquarium at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

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