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.

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

Works on Paper

Emigration & immigrationMaritimePrints
Man and woman crossing over a river lock located above Harper's Ferry.
Work on paper; Landscape, Landscape--Water
Wellington, John Louis 1878-1965
Man and woman crossing over a river lock located above Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. Work on paper by John Louis Wellington.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
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ca. 1910-1920
1967.35.46


National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) meeting for voter registration campaign.
African American history, Paul Henderson, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Clubs and organizations, Civil rights.
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) meeting for voter registration campaign. Shows Florence Snowden in second row, third from left and Lillie May Carroll jackson, in first row, second from right. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa October 1948. 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. 1948
HEN.00.A2-147


Paul Henderson with camera.
Henderson, Paul (d. 1966), African American history, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Photographs
Unknown
Paul Henderson with camera. Photograph and date unknown. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
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Unknown
1991.44.301


Catchers of the Baltimore Elite Giants. Negro League baseball team.
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Sports, Baseball., Negro leagues
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. Catchers of the Baltimore Elite Giants. Negro League baseball team. Left to right: Hoss Walker, Frazier Robinson, Johnny Hayes, Vic Harris. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa May 1949.
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact specialcollections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1949
HEN.00.A1-053


Thurgood Marshall receiving National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Life Membership plaque from Carl Murphy, owner of the Afro-American newspaper.
Paul Henderson, 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
Group portrait. Thurgood Marshall receiving National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Life Membership plaque from Carl Murphy, owner of the Afro-American newspaper. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa 1956. 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. 1956
HEN.00.A2-148


George Washington.
Paintings, Washington, George, 1732-1799., Portrait male, Portrait male--Occupation--Politician
Unknown (after Gilbert Stuart, 1755-1828)
George Washington (1732-1799) after Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) by unknown artist. Oil on canvas portrait circa 1830-1840. Full-length portraits shows Washington after Gilbert Stuart's Lansdowne portrait. Bequest of Marc L. Dudley in memory of George U. Porter.
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ca. 1830-1840
1901.2.1


Annapolis, Maryland in 1750 or My Lady's Visit.
Paintings, Annapolis (Md.), Calvert Family
Mayer, Frank Blackwell, 1827-1899
Annapolis, Maryland in 1750 or My Lady's Visit. Oil on canvas by Frank Blackwell Mayer. Genre painting showing members of the Calvert family visiting the Annapolis home of Charles Carroll. Three servants and horses are seen.
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1876
1924.24.7


Card Table, Governor's Mansion.
Occupation--Political--Governor, Houses, Paintings
Unknown
Painting of Governor Mansion on a Card Table by unknown artist. Maryland Governor Albert Ritchie (1920-1935) used card table depicting the executive mansion as it appeared at the time of his service. Gift of Josephine Lanahan Dulany.
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ca. 1925
1938.2.1


Varus.
Equestrian portraits, Paintings
Scott, Thomas J.
Varus, oil on canvas by Thomas J. Scott. Profile view of brown horse, "Varus", with markings in face. Image has beige background with brown at corners, and shows thickly painted straw.
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ca. 1881
1955.69.3


Parole.
Equestrian portraits, Paintings
Scott, Thomas J.
Parole, oil on canvas by Thomas J. Scott. Side view of a brown horse, "Parole", with jockey who wears pink-red silks, yellow breeches, and cap.
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ca. 1877-1890
1955.69.5


Brace of Snipe.
Paintings, Artwork
Johnston, Reuben LeGrand
Brace of Snipe, oil on canvas by Reuben LeGrand Johnston. Still life of brace of snipe hangs from a nail, seen with stucco-covered brick wall.
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1978
1963.66.15


Statler Hilton Hotel and other buildings.
Baltimore (Md.), Bodine, A. Aubrey, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Baltimore (Md.)--Business--Hotel
Bodine, A. Aubrey, 1906–1970.
Statler Hilton Hotel and other buildings. Charles Center, Baltimore, Maryland. Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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B240-3


Sun Life Building at Charles Center.
Baltimore (Md.), Bodine, A. Aubrey, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Bodine, A. Aubrey, 1906–1970.
Sun Life building at Charles Center, Baltimore, Maryland. Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine.
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B241-1


Wyman Villa Façade.
Baltimore (Md.), Bodine, A. Aubrey, Photographs, Houses, Wyman Park
Bodine, A. Aubrey, 1906–1970.
Wyman Villa Façade. Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine, 1949.
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1949
B330


Westport.
Landscape, Landscape--Water, Bodine, A. Aubrey, Photographs
Bodine, A. Aubrey, 1906–1970.
Westport. Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine.
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B335


Autumn, Harper's Ferry.
Paintings, Landscape, Landscape--Water, Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
Weidenbach, Augustus (Karl), d. 1869
Autumn, Harper's Ferry. Oil on canvas by Karl Augustus Weidenbach. Landscape of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, showing Shenandoah River in foreground and Potomac River at left. State of Virginia is at right, with West Virginia in right foreground, and Maryland at left.
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1863
1892.5.1


Mason and Dixon marker with unidentified man.
Mason-Dixon Line, Photographs, Portrait male, Landscape
Unknown
Mason and Dixon marker with unidentified man.
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PP37.2.7


War memorial sculpture with City Hall in background.
Bodine, A. Aubrey, Photographs, City Hall, Baltimore (Md.), Memorials, Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Bodine, A. Aubrey, 1906–1970.
War memorial sculpture with City Hall in background. Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine, 1943.
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1943
B64-9


Charles Center at night.
Bodine, A. Aubrey, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Restaurants
Bodine, A. Aubrey, 1906–1970.
Charles Center and Hamburgers at night. Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine.
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B95


Charles Center.
Bodine, A. Aubrey, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Bodine, A. Aubrey, 1906–1970.
Charles Center. Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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B98-11