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
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
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1948
HEN.00.A2-178


N.A.A.C.P. Meeting.
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Clubs and organizations, Civil rights.
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Meeting. Photograph by Paul Henderson, October 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.A2-147


Catchers, Elite Giants.
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Sports, Baseball., Negro leagues
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Catchers, Elite Giants. Left to right: Hoss Walker, Frazier Robinson, Johnny Hayes, and Vic Harris. Photograph by Paul Henderson, May 1949. 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
1949
HEN.00.A1-053


Thurgood Marshall receiving NAACP Lifetime Membership plaque from Carl Murphy
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Clubs and organizations, Civil rights., Portrait male
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Thurgood Marshall receiving lifetime membership award from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Carl Murphy, editor-publisher of the Afro-American newspaper on right. Photograph by Paul Henderson, ca. 1956. 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
ca. 1956
HEN.00.A2-148


Maryland Senator Verda Freeman Welcome
African American history, Women's history, Portrait female, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Occupation--Political--US Senator
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Maryland Senator Verda Freeman Welcome. Photograph by Paul Henderson, December 1950. Four by five-inch black and white negative Henderson Collection, Baltimore City Life Museum
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
1950
HEN.00.B1-054


N.A.A.C.P. Baby Rally
African American history, Women's history, Portrait group, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Clubs and organizations, Baltimore (Md.), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Baby Rally. 402 Dolphin Street, Baltimore. Photograph by Paul Henderson, June 1949. Four by five-inch black and white negative. Henderson Collection, Baltimore City Life Museum 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
1949
HEN.00.A2-169


Mahalia Jackson singing.
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Portrait female, Women's history, Entertainers, Churches and synagogues, Baltimore (Md.)--Churches and synagogues
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Mahalia Jackson singing. Photograph by Paul Henderson, February 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.A2-270