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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

Photograph, Cabinet

Music, Sheet - Pere Marquette

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Poster - Hey Fellows!
Your Money Brings the Book We Need When We Want It.

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - Dream House

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Letter - News Bulletin
Central Business District Association

Yearbook - 1961 Detroit Tigers Official Yearbook

Print, Photographic

Map - Mileage Map of the Best Roads of Michigan,
Showing State Highways, Road Distances.

Program

Music, Sheet - C. J. Whitney & Co.'s Grand Exposition March

Banner, Promotional

Model - North American

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Letter

Calendar - 2005

Negative, Film

Receipt - American Eagle Tobacco Works

Print, Photographic

Sign

Program

Print, Photographic

Photocopy - General Arrangement of S.S. Henry Ford II

Print, Photographic

Poster - A Little Starving Child brought back to life
because you went without some luxury

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Casino from Canal, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Postcard - The Cafe, Bob-lo (Bois Blanc Island), Detroit River.

Program, Theater

Box

Print, Photographic - Indian Village, 874 Iroquois

Drawing, Architectural - Front Elevation

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Recipe - New--From Hudson's Kitchen

Print, Photographic

Coat

Moccasin

Bottle, Wash

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