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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

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Enjoy a variety of events, from lectures, book talks, and film screenings to family-friendly activities, behind-the-scenes tours, concerts, and more!

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Digital Collection: Random Images

Postcard - Auto Parade, Cadillaqua, Detroit, 1912.

Letter - The Michigan Stove Company

Negative, Film

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Carriage - Dhs_1951_213_001_arceye_user_002

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Map - Department of Street Railways 1960-1961 Service Map

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Transparency, Roll-film

Program, Theater

Animal, Stuffed

Drawing, Technical - Maryland Port Authority,
Self-Propelled Oil Recovery Barge -
Surface Oil Recovery Unit Installation Plan

Cap, Baseball

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Map - Plan of the Fort at Detroit, 1760

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Automobile - 1963 Ford XD Cobra prototype

Postcard - "The Awakening"--World's Greatest Outdoor Spectacle

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Card, Membership

Poster - In Loyal Support

Print, Photographic - View from Exit End

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Script

Brochure - Some facts about the Clark Wireless Telegraph System

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Matchbook

Album, Record

Uniform, Occupational

Transparency, Lantern-slide - On the River Rouge

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Transparency, Slide

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Menu - Sanders Good Things to Eat

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