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
Read's Drugstore.
Street scene, Street scene--Urban Landscape, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.)--Business and Industries, Baltimore (Md.), Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Civil rights.

View the Subject Vertical File collection finding aid.

Unknown
Read's Drugstore, ca. 1940. Subject Vertical File (Baltimore--Drugstores).
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. 1940
None [SVF]


View of Knobby Mountain.
Landscape, Photographs, Allegany County (Md.), Houses

View the Subject Vertical File collection finding aid.

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]


View of Gallery, Old Senate Chamber
Architecture--Interior, Maryland State House (Annapolis, Md.), Annapolis (Md.), Architecture, Photographs, Numbered Collections, PP3

View the Wilson Collection finding aid. 

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
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1860
PP3.8


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
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
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
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1950
HEN.00.B1-054


Baby rally. Unidentified women and men with children.
African American history, Paul Henderson, 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
Group portrait. Baby rally. Unidentified women and men with children. National Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) office, 402 Dolphin Street, Baltimore. 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 specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1949
HEN.00.A2-169


Just Government League of Maryland marching in Washington, D.C.
Women's history, Suffrage, Clubs and organizations, Photographs, Portrait group--Women, United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Z24.206

View the Subject Vertical File collection finding aid.

Unknown
Just Government League of Maryland marching in Washington, D.C., 1920. (Formerly Z24.206)
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
1920
[SVF]


Sank, James W.
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
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1865
CSPH 338


Colonel B.L. Simpson and Officers of 9th Maryland Volunteers
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Photographs--Cased object; Portrait group--Military
Unknown
Gift of Mrs. Ethel Flannagan.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1863
CSPH 337


Glass and Crockery Trade Convention
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).
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Unknown
CSPH 251


Claiborne, John Francis Hamtramck, 1809-1884
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.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1875
CSPH 191


Tilghman, Frisby
Photographs--Cased object; Portrait male; Tilghman Family
Unknown
Frisby Tilghman. Daguerreotype.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Unknown
CSPH 170


Alley House mother.
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.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1916
MC9451


Dorsey, Col Edward [Rui]land]
Portrait male; Photographs--Cased object; Confederate States of America; American Civil War, 1861-1865
Unknown
Colonel Edward Dorsey. Cased photograph.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1861-1865
CSPH 042


Dorsey, Col Edward [Rui]land]
Portrait male; Photographs--Cased object; Confederate States of America; American Civil War, 1861-1865
Unknown
Colonel Edward Dorsey. Cased photograph.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1861-1865
CSPH 042a


Howard Family
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).
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Unknown
CSPH 067


Union Stock Yards. Kaufman Packing Company.
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.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1933
MC8344-17


Victory over Japan (V-J) Day Celebration
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
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1945
MC8427-3


Saloon interior
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Architecture--Interior; Bars (Drinking establishment)
Dubas, John
Saloon interior. November 1, 1908. Photograph by John Dubas.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1908
MC9205


Gayety Theatre
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.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1940
MC9256