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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

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Article

Poster - An Official War Message - Boost Your Bond Buying thru Payroll Savings

Plate, Commemorative

Directory - Railway Express Agency Rate Scales Applying From Detroit and All Other Points in Block 742-M In Connection with Schedule of First and Second-Class Express Rates No. 13 Also Superintendents, Claim Agents and District Accounting Bureaus, 7th Edi

Animal, Stuffed

Letter - News Bulletin
Central Business District Association

Card, Trade

Postcard - The Detroit River, Site of the famous Harmsworth Trophy Races

Stereograph

Menu

Image, Digital

Postcard - Macomb Monument, Detroit, Mich.

Painting - The Street was Never the Same Again

Rifle, Percussion

Ticket

Print - View of the North Side of Jefferson Avenue and Griswold Street in 1837

Pamphlet

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Blotter, Desk - Master Heater and Cooler Company

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Negative, Film

Negative, Film

Transparency, Slide

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Booklet - Norvell

Postcard - Bridge No. 14, Belle Isle Park, Detroit

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Postcard - Daily River Excursions, Detroit, Mich.

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Receipt

Booklet - Fisher Offices, Body by Fisher and Related Areas in the Fisher Building Detroit, MI

Register, Cash

Print, Photographic - Concourse

Booklet - 1971 Lions Facts Book

Card, Advertising

Photograph, Cabinet

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Print, Photographic - Thanksgiving Day 1973

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