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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

Print, Photographic

Magazine - Boxoffice

Print - A. Great Lakes Steamer - Greater Detroit
B. Xylotones

Timetable - Fares from Detroit

Coaster

Agreement - Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plan between Champion Spark Plug Company Ceramic Division and International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Affiliated with The American Federation of Labor -

Drawing, Technical - Elevations and Sections,
New Sallyport, Fort Wayne, Michigan

Card, Business - Elliotts' Cloth House

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Bridge at Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Postcard - The Old Fort Barracks Bldg. Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Sign

Music, Sheet - Wayne University

Negative, Film

Negative, Glass-plate

Program

Print, Photographic

Statement, Financial - Commissioners of Banking in Michigan

Control, Elevator

Pitcher

Desk Set

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Slide

Ribbon, Commemorative

Print, Photographic

Tricycle

Negative, Film

Cap, Military

Print, Photographic

Carriage - 1890's Enclosed Rockaway Carriage - Dhs_1948_145_028_arceye_user_01

Figure, Toy

Print, Photographic

Plate, Dinner

Music, Sheet - The Red and Gray

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - Front End - Motor Car

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Toy, Truck

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

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