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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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Dossin Great Lakes Museum

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Digital Collection: Random Images

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic - G.E. #203 Motor Armature

Pitcher, Cream

Report, Annual - Annual Report, 1986-1987

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Bottle

Postcard - Detroit, Michigan

Menu

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - Memorial Park, October 1981

Kit, Press

Print, Photographic

Pamphlet - Preserve a Legacy

Game, Card

Negative, Glass-plate

Print, Photographic - Manufacturers National Bank, Fort & Shelby, Det. Mich.

Photograph, Cabinet

Film, Motion Picture - Edmund Fitzgerald Launching 1958
B/W People Coming off Boat at Tashmoo Park
Great Lakes Engineering Works

Letter

Card, Trade

Negative, Film

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Report, Annual

Print, Photographic - Nut House at Eastern Market

Menu

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Bond - Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Co.
First Mortgage Registered Gold Bond

Postcard - B.P.O.E. Detroit 1910

Poster - Hold up your end!

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Dress

Stereograph - No. 85 Bloody Run

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Booklet

Print, Photographic - Car #3097

Booklet - "CITY OF DETROIT III, CITY OF CLEVELAND III, Two Great Giants of The Great Lakes"

Cup

Statue

Postcard - Pleasure Steamers, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Catalog - Seed Annual, 1914

Medal, Commemorative

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