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Welcome to the Maryland Historical Society’s Collections Online Database. Browse through both Museum Department collections and the Special Collections Department of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library by subject or by medium. Here you will see paintings, photographs, manuscripts, decorative arts pieces, lithographs, and more.
With well over one million items housed at MdHS, this database contains merely a fraction of what can be found in the combined collections. Information contained in the records of the Collections Online Database is subject to change as a result of ongoing research.
For information on how to get started, take a look at the About page. Use or reproduction of MdHS images without permission is not permitted. For more information, see the Terms of Use page. For reproductions or permission to use images, please visit the Rights and Reproductions page.
Browse by subject using these links or enter a term in the search boxes below (scroll down for results):
| American Civil War | African American History | Photographs |
| War of 1812 | Women's History | Benjamin Henry Latrobe |
| Paintings | Mining the Museum (exhibit) | |
| Emigration & immigration | Maritime | Prints |
Street scenes, Business and Industry, Automobiles, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Baltimore (Md.), Julius Anderson Photograph Collection, Architecture, Buildings, structures
Unidentified photographer
Street scene. Industrial Building. 501 East Preston Street, Baltimore. Shows automobiles and truck. Unidentified photographer, ca. 1920-1930. Julius Anderson Photograph Collection. Gelatin silver print.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. No use or reproduction without permission. For more information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1920-1930
1995.62.043
Banks and banking, St. Paul Street, Business, Business and industry, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Baltimore (Md.), Julius Anderson Photograph Collection, Architecture, Buildings, structures
Unidentified photographer
Chesapeake Bank Building. 7 St. Paul Street, Baltimore. Unidentified photographer, ca. 1920-1930. Julius Anderson Photograph Collection. Gelatin silver print.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. No use or reproduction without permission. For more information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1920-1930
1995.62.045
Mount Vernon, Baltimore (Md.), Aerial views, Washington Monument, Landscape, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Photographs, Cased object
Clark, Henry H., 1815-?
View of Baltimore. View north westerly from Shot Tower. Full plate daguerreotype attributed to Henry H. Clark, ca. 1845-1850.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
ca. 1845-1850
MC711-2
Baltimore (Md.), Markets, Street scene, Washington Monument, Landscape, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Photographs, Cased object
Clark, Henry H., 1815-?
Marsh Market fountain on Baltimore Street. Shows Marsh Market fountain and McDonald's Lottery building in foreground. Full plate daguerreotype by Henry H. Clark, ca. 1845-1850.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1845-1850
MC711-3
Business and industry, Baltimore (Md.)--Business and Industries, Maritime, Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor, Baltimore (Md.). Federal Hill, Landscape, Landscape--Water, Photographs--Cased object, Baltimore (Md.),
Clark, Henry H., 1815-?
Baltimore Harbor view. Gay Street dock from Federal Hill, Baltimore. Attributed to Henry H. Clark. Full plate daguerreotype. Shows ships Herald and Juniata, Merchant's Exchange building (demolished ca. 1901-1902), and Second Reformed Church.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1845-1850
MC711-5
Photographs, Portrait group--Men, Portrait group, Howard County (Md.), Cotton mills, Mills, Savage (Md.), Laborers, African American history
Unknown
Gang at sewer work, 1918-1919. Savage Mill, Savage, Maryland. Subject Vertical File, Howard County, Mills (folder 5, photograph 5).
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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1918-1919
[SVF]
Portrait group, Street scene, Street scene--Urban Landscape, Prohibition., Photographs, Liquor industry., Baltimore (Md.), Baltimore (Md.)--Business and Industries
Unknown
Prohibition [Jefferson Liquor Company storefront with customers], [1918]. [Probably] 15 North Liberty Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Subject Vertical File, Prohibition. (Previously labeled as Z24.47.VF)
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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[1918]
[SVF]
Baltimore (Md.). Mount Vernon, Rowhouses, Street scene, Street scene--Urban Landscape, Photographs, Subject Vertical File,
Unknown
Monument Street, 200 block west. Mount Vernon, Baltimore, Maryland. Subject Vertical File, Baltimore City, Streets (folder contains eight prints, eleven negatives).
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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1961
[SVF]
Baltimore (Md.), Transportation, Street scene, Street scene--Urban Landscape, Photographs, Architecture--Exterior,
Unknown
Baltimore Street, 600 block east, ca. 1876-1893. Subject Vertical File, Baltimore City, Streets. Previously known as 24.13.VF.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1876-1893
[SVF]
Baltimore (Md.), Architecture--Exterior, Transportation, Street scene, Street scene--Urban Landscape, Photographs, Subject Vertical File,
Unknown
Baltimore Street, 200-300 block east, ca. 1870. Subject Vertical File, Baltimore City, Streets. Previously known as Z24.79.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1870
[SVF]
Baltimore (Md.), Street scene, Street scene--Urban Landscape, Photographs, Alley houses, Rowhouses
Unknown
Biddle Alley, ca. 1911. Baltimore, Maryland. Subject Vertical File, Baltimore City, Streets. Featured in Housing Conditions in Baltimore: Report of a Special Committee of the Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor and the Charity Organization Society, Submitting Results of an Investigation by Janet E. Kemp (PAM 11206).
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ca. 1911
[SVF]
Photographs, Street scene, Street scene--Urban Landscape, Baltimore (Md.), Rowhouses
Unknown
Biddle Street, 200 block west, ca. 1920. Subject Vertical File, Baltimore City, Streets. Previously known as Z24.1341.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1920
[SVF]
Photographs, Street scene, Street scene--Urban Landscape, Baltimore (Md.), Rowhouses
Unknown
Calhoun Street, 400 block north. Baltimore, Maryland. Subject Vertical File, Baltimore City, Streets. Previously known as Z24.708.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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Unknown
[SVF]
Hughes Company, Photographs, Street scene, Street scene--Urban Landscape, Baltimore (Md.), Rowhouses
Hughes Company
Charles Street, 500-600 block. Photograph by the Hughes Company, February 5, 1931. Subject Vertical File, Baltimore City, Streets.
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1931
[SVF]
Baltimore (Md.), Street scene, Street scene--Urban Landscape, Photographs, Houses
Unknown
Fayette Stret, 300 block east, ca. 1859. Baltimore, Maryland. Subject Vertical File, Baltimore City, Streets.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1859
[SVF]
Rowhouses, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.), Street scene, Street scene--Urban Landscape
Cronhardt & Son
Glover Street, 500 block south, ca. 1930. Photograph by Cronhardt & Son Photographs, Baltimore, Maryland. Subject Vertical File, Baltimore City, Streets. Previously known as Z24.77.
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ca. 1930
[SVF]
Baltimore (Md.). Druid Hill, Photographs, War of 1812, 1812-1815, Portrait group--Military, Portrait group
Ashman, W.
Photograph of the Old Defenders of the Battle of Baltimore (September 12, 1814). Photograph by W. Ashman, Druid Hill Park, 1876-1880.
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1876-1880
[GPVF]
Portrait group--Military, Portrait group, American Civil War, 1861-1865, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.). Federal Hill
Unknown
Federal troops on Federal Hill, looking northwest, American Civil War. Glass negative by David Bachrach (1845-1921) or William Henry Weaver (1825-1913). Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 glass negatives, box 1.
Public use restricted to reproduction. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1862-1865
CC969
Baltimore (Md.). Federal Hill, Photographs, American Civil War, 1861-1865
Unknown
South side of the [Baltimore] harbor, American Civil War. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 glass negatives, box 1.
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ca. 1862-1865
CC987
Photographs, War of 1812, 1812-1815
Unknown
Daniel Wells and Henry McComas in caskets, laying in state in the Great Hall of Maryland Institute, prior to moving to the Wells and McComas Monument on Monument Street and Gay Street, Baltimore. Copy of photograph by John Dickinson, 1858. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 glass negatives, box 1.
Public use restricted to reproduction. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
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Unknown
MC2088
