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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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Learn about our history, meet the dedicated team preserving Detroit’s legacy, and discover what we’re doing today.

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Digital Collection: Random Images

Post Folder - Souvenir Folder of Detroit, Mich.

Letter

Plate, Commemorative

Postcard - 515: - Detroit Yacht Club, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Card, Political - Vote for
Mrs. Lucia Voorhees Grimes

Cross

Print, Photographic

Report - A Decade of Fulfillment 1949-1959

Report - A Trip Through the Plant of the Champion Porcelain Company

Print, Photographic

Film, Motion Picture - Hist. Soc. Picnic

Booklet - Detroit City Airport

Postcard - 17--Scott Fountain at Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan

Postcard - Cadillac Square From County Bldg, Detroit, Mich. - Cadillac Square from County Bldg

Magazine - The Family Circle

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - In Gay Havana

Card, Mourning

Program

Dress

Negative, Film

Negative, Film

Negative, Film

Moccasin

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Public Library, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Program

Converter, Digital to Analog

Program - World Team Tennis

Drawing, Architectural - Design for Oakman Terrace - 18 Family,
Schaefer Road Between Warren & Ford Road

Statue

Menu

Print, Photographic

Blueprint

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Envelope - Fleischmann's Yeast

Negative, Film

Machine, Slot

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Poster - That Liberty Shall Not Perish From the Earth

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Board, Cribbage

Toy, Truck

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