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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

Print, Photographic - Bob-Lo Island Collection

Certificate, Commemorative

Postcard - Michigan Central Station, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic - Elementary School, Harvey C. Parke; Milwaukee East & Grand Blvd East; Built 1900

Print, Photographic

Card, Trade

Print, Photographic

Book - Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and the Soo Locks

Menu

Menu

Transparency, Slide

Registration - Library of Congress

Print, Photographic

Drawing, Architectural - Offices & Meeting Rooms East of Hall B,
Third Floor Plan,
Cobo Hall - Convention Arena,
Civic Center - City of Detroit, Michigan

Print, Photographic

Moccasin

Postcard - Stone Bridge, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

Pricelist

Print, Photographic

Book - Victory Song Book for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines

Booklet - Thirteenth Annual American Legion National Convention, Detroit 1931

Medal, Commemorative

Card, Trade - Where the wild flowers grow

Print, Photographic

Specification - Specification of Materials and Labor Required for the Construction and Completion of a Garage and Greenhouse for Mr. C. G. Edgar Located at 188 Iroquois Avenue, Detroit.

Negative, Glass-plate

Negative, Film

Blueprint - Historic Fort Wayne,
Post Hospital Restoration

Negative, Film

Postcard - New Y.M.C.A. Building, Detroit, Mich.

Shawl

Directory, Telephone - Telephone Directory

Postcard - Griswold House, Detroit, Mich.

Candlestick

Print, Photographic

Report, Annual - McLouth Steel Corporation 1959 Annual Report

Case, Toilet Bottle

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Sculpture - Top O' the Heap

Negative, Film

Postcard - Palmer Fountain, Detroit, Mich.

Program - 38th Annual Presentation of Industry Sings

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Bond - Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging Co.
First Mortgage Registered Gold Bond

Print, Photographic

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