Digital Collection: Maritime | Detroit Historical Society

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Digital Collection: Maritime

8486 Results Found

Sextant

Sextant

W1949.076.001Object

Card, Advertising - Steamer Mayflower

Card, Advertising

W1949.070.001Archive

Steamer Mayflower

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

W1949.023.001Photo

Lithograph

Lithograph

W1949.013.002Object

Print - Steamer St. Claire

Print

R/P2018.002.001Object

Steamer St. Claire

Print - R.R. Steamer Lansdowne

Print

R/P1997.001.007Object

R.R. Steamer Lansdowne

Print - Steamer St. Claire

Print

R/P1997.001.006Object

Steamer St. Claire

Print - Lake Erie Moonlight

Print

R/P1997.001.004Object

Lake Erie Moonlight

Print - SS Tashmoo

Print

R/P1997.001.003Object

SS Tashmoo

Print - Edmund Fitzgerald

Print

R/P1997.001.001Object

Edmund Fitzgerald

Magazine - The Main Sheet

Magazine

2025.001.001Archive

The Main Sheet

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

2023.081.732Photo