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Detroit Historical Museum

Dossin Great Lakes Museum

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Digital Collection: Search

You searched for "World War II"

798 Results Found

Coupon, Ration

Coupon, Ration

1955.165.023Archive

Poster - Flag Pledge Observance Week

Poster

1954.129.013Archive

Flag Pledge Observance Week

Magazine - Union Steel Messenger, Volume 3, No. 6, "E" Special, May 1943

Magazine

1947.092.008Archive

Union Steel Messenger, Volume 3, No. 6, "E" Special, May 1943

Magazine - American Seater, Volume 7, No. 7, September 1943

Magazine

1947.092.005Archive

American Seater, Volume 7, No. 7, September 1943

Brochure - Speed and Steel for National Defense

Brochure

1947.092.004Archive

Speed and Steel for National Defense

Magazine - DTC Quarterly, Summer 1942

Magazine

1947.092.003Archive

DTC Quarterly, Summer 1942

Magazine - Brass Echoes, February 1942

Magazine

1947.092.002Archive

Brass Echoes, February 1942

Magazine - The Boomer, September-October 1942

Magazine

1947.092.001Archive

The Boomer, September-October 1942

Certificate, Marriage - Marriage License

Certificate, Marriage

2014.064.030Archive

Marriage License

Negative, Film

Negative, Film

2011.043.379Photo

Freeman Flynn, December 18th, 2015

Document, Digital

Freeman Flynn, December 18th, 2015

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

2004.043.336Photo

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