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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 War | African American History | Photographs |
| War of 1812 | Women's History | Benjamin Henry Latrobe |
| Paintings | Mining the Museum (exhibit) | |
| Emigration & immigration | Maritime | Prints |
Street scene, Street scene--Urban Landscape, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.)--Business and Industries, Baltimore (Md.), Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Civil rights.
Unknown
Read's Drugstore, ca. 1940. Subject Vertical File (Baltimore--Drugstores).
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Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1940
None [SVF]
Landscape, Photographs, Allegany County (Md.), Houses
Unknown
View of Knobby Mountains. Cumberland, Maryland. Subject Vertical File (Allegany County--Views--Cumberland).
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
1890
None [SVF]
Architecture--Interior, Maryland State House (Annapolis, Md.), Annapolis (Md.), Architecture, Photographs, Numbered Collections, PP3
Wilson, John Appleton, 1851-1927
View of Gallery, Old Senate Chamber. Annapolis, Maryland.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1860
PP3.8
Hughes Company, Women's history, Portrait group--Women, Portrait group, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.), Baltimore (Md.)--Business and industry
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
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
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.
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1949
HEN.00.A2-169
Women's history, Suffrage, Clubs and organizations, Photographs, Portrait group--Women, United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Z24.206
Unknown
Just Government League of Maryland marching in Washington, D.C., 1920. (Formerly Z24.206)
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1920
[SVF]
Portrait Male; Photographs--Cased object; American Civil War, 1861-1865; African American history
Unknown
James W. Sank. Sank enlisted into the Purnell Legion Infantry during the American Civil War. Sank served three years and returned to Baltimore as a letter carrier.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1865
CSPH 338
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Photographs--Cased object; Portrait group--Military
Unknown
Gift of Mrs. Ethel Flannagan.
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ca. 1863
CSPH 337
Portrait group--Men; Photographs; Business and industry
Unknown
Glass and Crockery Trade Convention group photograph. Ambrotype (not cased). Removed from the Hughes Company Photographs Collection (PP8).
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Unknown
CSPH 251
Portrait Male; Photograph--Cased object
Unknown
Cased daguerreotype of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne (1809-1884). Claiborne was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi.
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ca. 1875
CSPH 191
Photographs--Cased object; Portrait male; Tilghman Family
Unknown
Frisby Tilghman. Daguerreotype.
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Unknown
CSPH 170
Women's history, Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; African American history; Rowhouses; Architecture--Interior; Portrait group--Family
Dubas, John
Alley house mother. Black and white photograph by John Dubas, 1916. The Arthur U. Hooper Memorial Collection.
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ca. 1916
MC9451
Portrait male; Photographs--Cased object; Confederate States of America; American Civil War, 1861-1865
Unknown
Colonel Edward Dorsey. Cased photograph.
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ca. 1861-1865
CSPH 042
Portrait male; Photographs--Cased object; Confederate States of America; American Civil War, 1861-1865
Unknown
Colonel Edward Dorsey. Cased photograph.
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ca. 1861-1865
CSPH 042a
Photographs--Cased object; Howard Family; Portrait group--Family;
Unknown
Cased photograph of Howard Family. Left to right: Charles Howard (1830-1895), "pinch" the dog, McHenry Howard (b. 1838), Edward Lloyd Howard (1837-1881), Mary Lloyd Howard (b. 1831), and Alice Key Howard (1835-1879).
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Unknown
CSPH 067
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Industry; Architecture--Interior
Blakeslee Lane
Union Stock Yards. Kaufman Packing Co. October 2, 1933. Photograph 17 of 18 by Blakeslee Lane.
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1933
MC8344-17
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Celebrations and parades; World War II, 1939-1945
Blakeslee Lane
Victory over Japan (V-J) Day Celebration outside of Hutzler's and Hochschild Kohn
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1945
MC8427-3
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Architecture--Interior; Bars (Drinking establishment)
Dubas, John
Saloon interior. November 1, 1908. Photograph by John Dubas.
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1908
MC9205
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Theater; Baltimore (Md.); Architecture--Exterior; Cable cars (Streetcars)
Dubas, John
Gayety Theatre. Holliday and Baltimore Streets. Black and white photograph by John Dubas, circa 1940.
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ca. 1940
MC9256
