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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

Negative, Glass-plate

Program, Theater - The Playgoer

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Sign - DD Days

Program - Super Bowl XVI

Print, Photographic

VHS - EMS Press Conference 8-26-90

Negative, Film

Bottle

Light, Night

Negative, Film

Cover, Document

Box

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Program - Horace E. Dodge Cup Race, Unlimited Hydroplanes

Transparency, Slide

Negative, Glass-plate

Carte-de-visite - Samuel Barr

Photograph, Cabinet

Music, Sheet - In Maple Sugar Time

Postcard - Excursion Steamers, Detroit, Mich.

Form

Negative, Film

Poster - Back the Attack - Buy War Bonds, 3rd War Loan

Model

Transparency, Slide

Program, Theater

Print, Photographic

Camera, Motion Picture

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Plate, Dessert

Negative, Film

Bell, Ship's

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Poster - Ethics in Government
[Milliken for Michigan]

Print, Photographic

Gown, Evening

Booklet - Background Notes on National Automobile Shows

Print, Photographic

Plate, Dinner

Print, Photographic

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