Collections Online

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 WarAfrican American HistoryPhotographs
War of 1812Women's HistoryBenjamin Henry Latrobe
PaintingsMining the Museum (exhibit)

Works on Paper

Emigration & immigrationMaritimePrints
The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America
Women's history, Broadsides., United States. Congress., Hancock, John, 1671-1752, Goddard, Mary Katherine, 1738-1816, Declaration of Independence
Goddard, Mary Katherine, 1738-1816
In Congress, July 7, 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen States of America. Signed by John Hancock, President. Printed by Mary Katharine Goddard.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1776
[Broadside 1776]


Jeremiah Tilghman and Venus Tilghman
Women's History, Daguerreotypes, Slavery, African American history, Photographs, Cased Photographs Collection,
Unidentified photographer
Jeremiah Tilghman and Venus Tilghman. Slaves of Col. Benedict William Hall of Eutaw in Baltimore County, ca. 1850. Note: The preview image is two separate photographs. The first is of the open daguerreotype. The second photograph is a detail of the photograph.
Restricted from public use. For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1850
CSPH 156


Lunch counter, immigrants at Locust Point.
Women's history, Immigrants, Locust Point, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.), Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Unidentified photographer
Lunch counter, signs in different languages. Immigrants at Locust Point. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (B&O) Collection. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, 8x10 glass, Box 4. Note: Reference photograph.
Restricted to reference photograph. For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1904 or 1910
MC4733 .5


Group portrait. Planned Parenthood clinic. Woman with children.
Women's history, African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Medicine., Paul Henderson
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. Planned Parenthood clinic. Woman with children. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa June 1949
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
circa June 1949
HEN.00.A2-182


Mitchell Family portrait
Civil rights., African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Women's history, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. Mitchell Family. Juanita Jackson Mitchell, Clarence Mitchell III (standing), Clarence Mitchell, Jr., and Keiffer Mitchell. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988).
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Undated
HEN.00.B1-041


Eliza Benson.
African American history, Women's history, Portrait female, Photographs
Eliza Benson. Emily Spencer Hayden Collection (PP92).
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Z24.721


Eliza Benson.
African American history, Women's history, Portrait female, Photographs
Eliza Benson. Emily Spencer Hayden Collection (PP92).
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Z24.726


Eliza Benson and Kitty
African American history, Women's history, Portrait female, Photographs
Eliza Benson and Kitty. Emily Spencer Hayden Collection (PP92).
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Z24.727


Eliza Benson and Kitty.
African American history, Women's history, Portrait female, Photographs
Eliza Benson and Kitty. Emily Spencer Hayden Collection (PP92).
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Z24.728


Eliza Benson and Kitty.
African American history, Women's history, Portrait female, Photographs
Eliza Benson and Kitty. Emily Spencer Hayden Collection (PP92).
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Z24.729


Eliza Benson.
African American history, Women's history, Portrait female, Photographs
Eliza Benson. Emily Spencer Hayden Collection (PP92).
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Z24.725


Eliza Benson.
African American history, Women's history, Portrait female, Photographs
Eliza Benson. Emily Spencer Hayden Collection (PP92).
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Z24.723


Eliza Benson holding camera.
African American history, Women's history, Portrait female, Photographs
Eliza Benson with camera. Emily Spencer Hayden Collection (PP92).
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Z24.724


University of Maryland School of Law graduate Juanita Jackson Mitchell in cap and gown with her sons Clarence M. Mitchell III, Keiffer Mitchell, and Michael Bowen Mitchell.
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Women's history, Portrait group, University of Maryland
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. University of Maryland School of Law graduate Juanita Jackson Mitchell in cap and gown with her sons Clarence M. Mitchell III, Keiffer Mitchell, and Michael Bowen Mitchell. College Park, Maryland. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa September 1950.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact specialcollections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1950
HEN.00.B1-043


Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie, women watching television.
African American history, Paul Henderson, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Women's history, Bowie (Md.), Colleges and universities, Bowie State University.
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Women watching television. Maryland State Teachers College at Bowie (Bowie State University). Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), 1953. Note: Exhibited on-site in "Paul Henderson: Baltimore's Civil Rights Era in Photographs, ca. 1940-1960," February 2012.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact specialcollections@mdhs.org
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1953
HEN.00.B2-231


Actress and singer Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) in her dressing room of unidentified club.
African American history, Paul Henderson, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Portrait female, Women's history, Entertainers, Celebrities.
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Actress and singer Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) in her dressing room of unidentified club. Shows photographer's assistant with flash. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa 1946. Note: Exhibited on-site in "Paul Henderson: Baltimore's Civil Rights Era in Photographs, ca. 1940-1960," February 2012.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact specialcollections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1946
HEN.00.A2-247


Maryland Institute student work. (Liz Quisgard)
Maryland Institute, College of Art., Women's history, Portrait female—Occupation--Artist, Bodine, A. Aubrey, Photographs, Artwork, Baltimore (Md.). Arts Gallery
Bodine, A. Aubrey, 1906–1970.
Maryland Institute student work. Artist Liz Quisgard with her work at the Maryland Institute [College of Art], Baltimore, Maryland. Negative (2.25 x 2.25 inches) by A. Aubrey Bodine, February 10, 1966.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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1966
B172-4-J


Maryland Institute student work. (Liz Quisgard)
Maryland Institute, College of Art., Women's history, Portrait female—Occupation--Artist, Bodine, A. Aubrey, Photographs, Artwork, Baltimore (Md.). Arts Gallery
Bodine, A. Aubrey, 1906–1970.
Maryland Institute student work. Artist Liz Quisgard with her work at the Maryland Institute [College of Art], Baltimore, Maryland. Negative (2.25 x 2.25 inches) by A. Aubrey Bodine, February 10, 1966.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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1966
B172-4-K


Sonneborn Factory, interior with women.
Hughes Company, Women's history, Portrait group--Women, Portrait group, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.), Baltimore (Md.)--Business and industry

View the Hughes Collection (PP8) finding aid. 

Hughes Company
Sonneborn Factory, interior with women workers. Northwest Corner of Pratt and Paca Streets, Baltimore. Photograph by the Hughes Company.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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Z9.703.PP8


Portrait. Maryland State Senator Verda Freeman Welcome (1907-1990).
African American history, Paul Henderson, Women's history, Portrait female, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Occupation--Political--US Senator
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Portrait. Maryland State Senator Verda Freeman Welcome (1907-1990). Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa December 1950. Note: Exhibited on-site in "Paul Henderson: Baltimore's Civil Rights Era in Photographs, ca. 1940-1960," February 2012.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact specialcollections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1950
HEN.00.B1-054