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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

Print, Photographic

Packet, Seed

Tin

Catalog

Menu - The Sanders Menu, Vol. 2, No. 9

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - Michigan

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Kit, Press

Print, Photographic

Letter - The Chamber of Commerce

Postcard - Scenes at Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

Negative, Film

Negative, Glass-plate

Booklet - John Monteith Man of Conscience

Hubcap

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Automobile - 1963 Ford Cougar II prototype

Announcement - The Detroit Fishing and Hunting Association, Rushmore Club

Map - Detroit United Lines. Rides by Trolley. Fast Electric Service between the Principal Cities of Michigan and connecting at Toledo with Ohio and Indiana Points

Certificate

Sofa - Dhs_1940_017_004a_arceye_user_001

Print, Photographic

Postcard - The American State Bank, Harper and Van Dyke Aves., Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

List, Mailing

Print, Photographic

Binder, Post - Appraisal of Buildings for Michigan Bell Telephone Co.
by Albert Kahn, Inc.

Newspaper - Truck Tracks

Image, Digital

Announcement, Funeral

Print, Photographic

Radio

Pencil

Emblem, Automotive

Print, Photographic

Newsletter - The Second Baptist Advocate, Vol. 30, No. 3, August-October 1981

Suit, Exercise

Newspaper - The Druggists Circular and Chemical Gazette, Volume XLVIII-No. 8, Whole Number 572

Poster, Political

Print, Photographic

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