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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

Print, Photographic

Toy

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Statement, Financial - The Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit
Statement of Condition

Letter - The Stage in Detroit

Coat

Blueprint - Cross-Sections, Str. No. 71

Print, Photographic

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

Booklet - The School's and Detroit's Birthday

Holder, Match

Postcard - C. S. Chapman's Lake, Rochester, Mich.

Postcard - Majestic Building and Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Detroit, Mich.

Drawing, Technical

Print, Photographic

Menu

Print, Photographic

Manuscript

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - The Month of June is a Song of Love

Print, Photographic

Certificate, Commemorative

Print, Photographic

Print, Photograph

Ballot - Official All-Star Election
Major League Baseball

Program - The 1964 Children's Dental Health Day Program

Orders, Military

Print, Photographic

Toy

Certificate, Commemorative - Wayne County

Image, Digital

Booklet - Piso's Pocket Book Almanac for 1904

Postcard - Biddle Street, Wyandotte, Mich.

Coat

Negative, Film

Program, Theater - The Playgoer, Volume 18, Number 23

Bowl

Booklet - Serums and Vaccines

Cup, Coffee

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - 7516 St. Aubin (East Side), Between Newton and Horton

Print, Photographic

Positive, Film

Postcard - New Belle Isle Bridge, View from Island, Detroit, Mich.

Ashtray

Saucer

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