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
Stage view of musical.
African American history, Portrait male, Photographs, Musicians., Jazz., Theater
Stage view of musical. Eubie Blake Collection.
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
Z24.1352


Hals Beer promotion in bar.
Photographs, African American history, Bars (Drinking establishments),
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Hals Beer promotion in bar. April 1953. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson.
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
1953
HEN.00.A1-001


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


Eubie Blake at the Molde International Jazz Festival, Norway.
African American history, Portrait male, Photographs, Musicians., Jazz.
Eubie Blake at the Molde International Jazz Festival, Norway. Eubie Blake Collection.
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
1973
Z24.1278


Eubie Blake (left) with Noble Sissle (right) and Josephine Baker.
African American history, Portrait male, Photographs, Musicians., Jazz., Portrait group
Eubie Blake (left) with Noble Sissle (right) and Josephine Baker. Eubie Blake Collection.
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
Z24.1279


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


Royal Theatre, Pennsylvania Avenue.
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Theater, Recreation--Theater-Movie, Street scene, Baltimore (Md.), Baltimore Theatre
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Royal Theatre. Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. Photograph by Paul Henderson, October 1949. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department.
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1949
HEN.00.B1-001


Children entering movie theater.
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Theater, Recreation--Theater-Movie, Street scene, Baltimore (Md.), Baltimore Theatre
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Children entering movie theater. Possibly Royal Theatre. Photograph by Paul Henderson, ca. 1942-1950 (based on movie title release date). Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1942-1950
HEN.00.B1-006


Juanita Jackson Mitchell at law school graduation with children.
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Women's history, Portrait group, University of Maryland
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Juanita Jackson Mitchell at law school graduation with children, Clarence, Keiffer, and Michael Bowen Mitchell. University of Maryland, College Park. Photograph by Paul Henderson, September, 1950. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
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1950
HEN.00.B1-043


People on sidewalk, Pennsylvania Avenue.
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Street scene, Baltimore (Md.)
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
People on sidewalk. Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. Photograph by Paul Henderson, March 1948. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
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1948
HEN.00.B1-111


Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie, women watching television.
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Women's history, Bowie (Md.), Colleges and universities, Bowie State University.
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie. Women watching television. Photograph by Paul Henderson, 1953. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
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1953
HEN.00.B1-232


Group outside with trash can. (Possibly Clean Block Campaign).
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Street scene--Urban Landscape, Street scene, Portrait group, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Baltimore (Md.)
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group outside with trash can. Possibly for Clean Block Campaign. Photograph by Paul Henderson, July 1948. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
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
1948
HEN.00.A2-187


Pearl Bailey in her dressing room.
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Portrait female, Women's history, Entertainers, Celebrities.
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Pearl Bailey in her dressing room. Photograph by Paul Henderson, ca. 1946. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1946
HEN.00.A2-247


Picketers outside Ford's Theatre.
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Civil rights., Recreation--Theater-Movie, Baltimore (Md.), Theater
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Protest outside the segregated Ford's Theatre. [Paul Robeson, left; Dr. John E.T. Camper, right.] Photograph by Paul Henderson, March 1948. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
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1948
HEN.00.A2-178