Digital Collection: General History | Detroit Historical Society

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Digital Collection: General History

1517 Results Found

Poster

Poster

1973.044.001Archive

Map - Map of the City of Detroit

Map

1972.001.019Archive

Map of the City of Detroit

Map

Map

1971.126.001Archive

Contract

Contract

1971.001.010Archive

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

1970.011.004Photo

Map - Map of Michigan Roads

Map

1970.001.003Archive

Map of Michigan Roads

Program

Program

1969.027.003Archive

Bottle Capper

Bottle Capper

1968.257.002Object

Book, Address - Women Suffrage Diary and Handbook

Book, Address

1968.219.040Archive

Women Suffrage Diary and Handbook

Print - Wolverine

Print

1968.205.001Archive

Wolverine

Lease

Lease

1968.168.002Archive

Map

Map

1968.144.001Archive