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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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Digital Collection: Random Images

Birdcage

Toy

Letter

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Balance, Analytical

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Ticket, Admission - Fox Theatre

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Report, Annual - La-Z-Boy Chair Company
1984 Annual Report

Postcard - Light House, Palmer Park, Detroit, Mich.

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Music, Sheet - Golden Tresses Turning Gray

Negative, Film

Negative, Film

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

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Card, Baseball

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Program

Poster - D. M. Ferry & Co.'s Seeds

Film, Motion Picture - Detroit Lions 1959 Football Highlights

Card, Trade - Give Me A Bite

Handbill

Postcard - Floral Clock, Water Works Park, Detroit, Mich.

Postcard - The Court, Detroit Institute of Arts

Directory, Membership

Print, Photographic

Poster - Montreux Detroit Jazz Festival 16

Print, Photographic

Uniform, Military

Negative, Film

Plate, Butter

Print, Photographic - Mr. and Mrs. John Turza, Garden City

Postcard - The Bridge, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

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Specification - Specifications - Mr. E. M. Coleman for a Brick Veneered Single Residence and Solid Brick Garage, Located on the North Side of Chicago Boulevard Between Schmittdiel and Wilson Aves., Lot 346, Detroit, Michigan.

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Print, Photographic

Lithograph - St. John's Episcopal Church

Set, Tableware

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Receipt - Farrand, Williams & Co.

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Print, Photographic - Indian Village, 1037 Seminole

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