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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

Certificate, Membership

Map - Handy Pocket Map of the City of Detroit Michigan

Coat

Binoculars

Transparency, Lantern Slide

Agreement - Amended Pension Plan Agreement Dated June 7, 1968 and 1968 Supplemental Agreement Concerning Supplemental Unemployment Benefits and Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plan Amended June 7, 1968 between Champion Spark Plug Company and Affiliated

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Negative, Glass-plate

Scrapbook - Champion Spark Plug Company and Champion Sillimanite, Incorporated Scrap Book

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

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Blueprint - Pattern - Plastic Boat Mold

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Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Block, Alphabet

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Print, Photographic

Report, Annual

Music, Sheet - Hang Your Hat in Detroit

Negative, Film

Program

Print, Photographic

Desk, Portable

Diploma

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Magazine - Red Wing Hockey Magazine

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Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Lamp, Kerosene

Film, Motion Picture - "Grant House Moving J Reel"

Model

Sketch - Building a Ship in the Graving Dock

Map - Map of Belle Isle Park

Side Chair

Register - Russell House Register

Print, Photographic

U-Matic - Polish Festival, 8-11-89

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic - Fredrick and Beaubien, left side, house facing Beaubien

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Postcard - Detroit in 1820.

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