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Digital Collection: Random Images

Sticker - Roller Skater's Paradise, Skateland

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Epaulet

Handbill - Derrick May,
Exclusive 3 Hour Set

Negative, Film

Bag

Print, Photographic

Drawing, Technical - U.S. Steamer, Margaret -
Plan Showing Proposed Steel Deckhouses,
To Replace Houses Lost in Storm of November 1, 1926

Postcard - Wayne County Building, Detroit, Mich.

Animal, Stuffed

Ballot - Instruction Ballot for Voters,
General Election - Nov. 6, 1956

Program

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Card, Advertising - Composers Concepts 1978

Negative, Film

Animal, Toy

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Program - Michigan State Fair 1965 Program

Postcard - James Scott Memorial Fountain, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

Negative, Film

Album, Record - Who's Zoomin' Who?

Booklet - The Book-Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, Michigan - Dhs_2000_005_004_cover_sf

Print, Photographic

Negative, Glass-plate

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic - "Belle Isle Casino" (Rearview looking N.W.)

Automobile - 1963 Ford Cougar II prototype

Postcard - Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich.

Puppet, Hand

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Catalog, Sales

Toy

Postcard - Aerial View, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Minutes - Minutes of the First Annual Meeting of the International Tugboat Racing Association Held at 2015 Dime Building, Detroit 26, Michigan, on Friday, June 1, 1951

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Radio

Print, Photographic

Nightgown

Print, Photographic - 3426, 3422 Piquette

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