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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

U-Matic - Tape #3
No Crime Day
Raw Footage
9-4-86

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Dress

Menu

Print, Photographic

Program

Postcard - Souvenir of "Big Looie" Mechanical Man

Plate, Dessert

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - Entrance to Robert Hopkin exhibit at Detroit Historical Museum

Map - Belle Isle

Shoe, Tennis

Print, Photographic

Postcard - The "Aquarium" at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

Program - First Annual Championship Games of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States

Warranty

Pamphlet

Jacket

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Roosevelt High School, Wyandotte, Michigan

Print, Photographic

Brochure - La-Z-Boy Reclina-Rocker

Print, Photographic

Telegram

Negative, Film

Poster - Have you answered the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call?

Book - Victory Song Book for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines

Game, Card

Map - Map of Workings, Vulcanite Mine, Champion Sillimanite, Inc., Mono County, California

Brochure - Long Distance Rate Wheel

Cup

Helmet, Firefighter's

Saucer

Pyrometer

Image, Digital

Hat

Picture - William Carson

Menu

Print, Photographic

Negative, Roll Film

Transparency, Slide

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Early Type Train at Smith Creek Station in Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan

Photograph, Cabinet

Music, Sheet

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