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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

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Blueprint - Historic Fort Wayne Parade Grounds Construction

Platter

Brochure - 1947 All-Expense Cruise to Detroit - Greenfield Village

Menu - The Sanders Menu, Vol. 2, No. 15

Print, Photographic

Program - Detroit Firemen's 49th Annual Field Day

Plate, Dessert

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Cadillac Square, Detroit, Mich.

Flyer

Postcard - Historical Walker Tavern, Erected 1833, Brooklyn, Mich.

Program

Poem - Curling in the old days

Letter - Hebrew Homes and Charities in Detroit

Print, Photographic - Belle Isle

Print, Photographic

Currency

Toy, Truck

Pitcher, Cream

Print, Photographic

Plate, Dessert

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Specification - Specifications for Mr. Fred Schindler for a Brick Veneered Four Family Flat Building Located on the West Side of Fourteenth Ave. Between Pine & Perry St's., Lot No. 73 + 3 Ft. of 76, Detroit, Michigan.

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Plate, Dinner

Bank, Toy

Print, Photographic

Pitcher, Cream

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Monroe Avenue And Cadillac Square Showing Barlum Tower And Hotel, Detroit, Mich.

Envelope - What Detroit has Accomplished in Art

Knife, Pocket

Crate

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Postcard - Miss Pepsi Unlimited Multiple Step Hydroplane, 1949-1956

Program, Theater

Negative, Glass-plate

Print, Photographic

Menu

Notebook - L. N. Valpey & Company

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