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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

Music, Sheet - Cove Over to Dover

Print, Photographic

Brochure

Supplement, Newspaper - The Detroit Times Birthday Supplement and Grand Army Souvenir

Negative, Film

Program

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Cannon - Dhs_2008_004_013_arceye_user_001

Print, Photographic

Program - Fourteenth Annual Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival

Postcard - Model Railway Lines Crossing Dry-Creek Canyon Trestles, "Midget City," at Detroit, Mich.

Brochure - Uncle Sam keeps your rent down, You must keep your home up!

Telephone, Cellular

Schedule

U-Matic - Teacher & Kids at Xmas Carnival, Christmas Carnival (tape #2), 11-18-83

Newspaper - Michigan Christian Advocate,
Thanksgiving Supplement

Print, Photographic

List

Letter - News Bulletin
Central Business District Association

Toy, Sand

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - The Ferry to Belle Isle

Print, Photographic

Telegram - The Western Union Telegraph Company

Transparency, Lantern-slide

Letter

Print, Photographic

Painting

Stereograph

Print, Photographic - G.T., Robin Hood Flour, T.J. Wing Bldg.

Poster

Card, Souvenir

Negative, Glass-plate

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - Car No. 5116

Drawing, Architectural - Wesson Ave. View of a Four Story, Seven Stores & Thirty-One Apartment Building

Print, Photographic

Leaflet

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Radio Receiver

Toy, Mechanical

Print, Photographic

Bill of Sale

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

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