Membership includes: The Society's monthly publication, The Detroit Marine Historian. The Society's full color 12 month calendar. Invitations to our regular meetings.

Membership in the Marine Historical Society of Detroit is an excellent way to gain insight into the Great Lakes shipping scene. We would be pleased to have you join us.

Our membership and fiscal year begins September 1 of each year. Current issues of "The Historian" starting with the September issue along with the current calendar will be sent to those who join in midyear.
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Features twenty-four pictures plus those shown on the front and back covers. The pictures, approximately 7 by 10 inches, are reproduced from slides photographed mostly from the late 1940s through the early 1960s. The rarity of these photos is the primary consideration for their selection. A brief history is included for each ship.

Also listed are the names of the photographers, locations and dates the pictures were taken.

The price is $12.95 for members of The Marine Historical Society of Detroit and $20.00 for nonmembers. *Join today (by clicking the membership button above) and receive a Savings of $7.05 off the non-member price.

Published to commemorate our Fiftieth Anniversary Continues the tradition of our first Ahoy & Farewell and highlights over 440 Great Lakes vessels which either entered or departed the Great Lakes during the 25-year period from 1969 through 1994.
Illustrated with over 60 black and white photographs. 244 pages.
Hardcover $ 39.95 postpaid

The Story of Captain Thomas Wilson and the fleet that bore his name Written by 1989 Historian of the Year, Alexander C. Meakin. 445 pages.
Softcover $19.95 postpaid Limited supply