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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

Catalog - Ferry's Home Garden Guide

Music, Sheet - Detroit Central High School Class Song, June 1918

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Print, Photographic - Champion Porcelain Co. Bowling League 1931-1932

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Newsletter - La-Z-News & Floral Views

Postcard - In Water Works Park, Detroit, Mich. - In Water Works Park, Detroit, Mich.

Pitcher, Cream

Postcard - "Slight Hope" Hospital and Town Hall in Midget City, Detroit (Lake in Distance)

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Thimble

Music, Sheet - Dreamy Melody

Postcard - Detroit, Mich. Log Cabin, Palmer Park.

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Lithograph - St. Mary's Falls Canal

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Poster - Have You Really Tried to Save Gas By Getting Into A Car Club?

Brochure - Downtown Improvement Award

Brochure - C&B Line

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Machine, Rivet-making

Postcard - Lily Pond and Phlox Bed in Bloom, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Negative, Sheet Film

Card, Trade

Card, Trade

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Poster - Pingree & Smith's Shoe Factory, Detroit

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Envelope

Print - Detroit River Light
Rockwood, Detroit River

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Car, Racing

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Program - Program

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Pitcher, Water

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Postcard - Looking up Griswold St., Detroit, Mich.

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