Digital Collection: General History | Detroit Historical Society

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Digital Collection: General History

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Guidebook - Complete Illustrated Guide to Dynamic Detroit

Guidebook

2019.096.003Archive

Complete Illustrated Guide to Dynamic Detroit

Booklet - Take Another Look at Detroit

Booklet

2019.080.001Archive

Take Another Look at Detroit

Brochure - Detroit Zoo

Brochure

2019.077.001Archive

Detroit Zoo

Pen, Ballpoint

Pen, Ballpoint

2019.076.166Object

Map - Metro Detroit Visitors Map

Map

2019.076.111Archive

Metro Detroit Visitors Map

Booklet - Detroit and 300 Years of Metropolitan Growth

Booklet

2019.076.109Archive

Detroit and 300 Years of Metropolitan Growth

Flag

Flag

2019.076.014Object

Booklet - Detroit
Photographs in Black

Booklet

2019.075.025Archive

Detroit
Photographs in Black

Program - One Hundred and Seventy-Second Reunion
Michigan Sovereign Consistory

Program

2019.075.024Archive

One Hundred and Seventy-Second Reunion
Michigan Sovereign Consistory

Card, Membership - Boys' Club of Detroit
3910 Livernois Avenue

Card, Membership

2019.073.003Archive

Boys' Club of Detroit
3910 Livernois Avenue

Paperweight

Paperweight

2019.072.004Object

Flag

Flag

2019.054.027Object