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
Eutaw Street, Business, Business and industry, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Baltimore (Md.), Julius Anderson Photograph Collection, Architecture, Street scenes
Unidentified photographer
Street scene. Eutaw Street looking north from Baltimore Street. Shows Cole and Company, Hippodrome Theatre, China Land, Brager, Kelley's Seafood, Cummins Brothers, Eutaw Loan Office, Hugh Lyons and Company, pedestrians, streetcar lines.
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. 1925
1994.42.041


Downtown, Baltimore (Md.), Buildings, Structures, Business, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Government facilities, Urban Landscape, Landscape, Street scenes, Aerial views, Photographs, Aerial Photographs, Architecture, Banks and banking
Mettee, Holmes I. (1881-1947)
Baltimore Trust Company building. Corner of East Baltimore Street and Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Photograph by Holmes I. Mettee, not dated. Tenants include the Baltimore Trust Company, Maryland Public Works Administration, Maryland National Bank, and Bank of America. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. No use or reproduction without permission. For more information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
Not dated
MC8722 .14


Streetcars, Automobiles, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Landscape, Urban landscape, Street scenes, Business, Theater, Theater-Movie
Waldeck, Alfred
Northeast corner of Baltimore Street and Holliday Street, after removal of wires (Lubin’s Theatre). Photograph by Alfred Waldeck. Shows Lubin's Theatre, across from the Gayety Theatre. See also: MC2611 .2 for view before removal of wires. 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
Not dated
MC2611 .1


Clothing & dress, Photographs, Street scenes, Portrait group, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Business, Baltimore (Md.), Mount Vernon, Bodine, A. Aubrey
Bodine, A. Aubrey (1906-1970)
Scene on Read Street, Baltimore. Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine. 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
Not dated
B112 .1


Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Family, Portrait group, Children, Business, Bars, Taverns, Baltimore (Md.)
Dubas, John (fl.1904-1973)
Adam J. Winfelder and family in front of Winfelder’s Saloon. 918 North Bradford Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Glass negative by John Dubas (fl. 1904-1973). Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. No use or reproduction without permission. For more information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1907
MC9448


Baltimore (Md.), Photographs, Street scenes, Urban landscape, Exterior, Architecture, Markets, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Dubas, John (fl. 1904-1973)
Wholesale produce market, Market Space. Baltimore, Maryland. John Dubas (fl. 1904-1973), ca. 1907. 5x7 inch glass negative. Arthur U. Hooper Memorial Collection, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. No use or reproduction without permission. For more information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1907
MC9067


Courthouses, Monuments, Photographs, Street scenes, War of 1812, Urban landscape, Exterior, Architecture, Baltimore (Md.), Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Youse, Frank W.
Battle Monument. Shows Baltimore City Courthouse and horse-drawn wagons. Calvert Street and Fayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Frank W. Youse, 1900-1901. 4 x 5 inch glass negative. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. No use or reproduction without permission. For more information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1900-1901
MC2706 .4


Politics, Baltimore (Md.), Photographs, Street scenes, Urban landscape, Exterior, Architecture, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Unidentified photographer
Street decorated for Democratic National Convention. Shows part of Baltimore Sun building. West Baltimore Street near North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Unidentified photographer, 1912. A. A. Seifert Collection, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. No use or reproduction without permission. For more information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1912
MC4817


Photographs, Street scenes, Banks and banking, Business and industry, Vehicles, Automobiles, Urban landscape, Exterior, Architecture, Baltimore (Md.)
Hughes Company
Hambleton Bank. 10 South Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Hughes Company, January 1926. 8 x 10 inch glass negative. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. No use or reproduction without permission. For more information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1926
MC7121


Jones Falls, Bridges and viaducts, Trains, Railroads, Photographs, Street scenes, Baltimore (Md.), Urban landscape, Architecture
Unidentified photographer
South of Eager Street. Shows the Fallsway Viaduct (Jones Falls Viaduct). Baltimore, Maryland. Unidentified photogapher, [ca. 1912-1914]. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. No use or reproduction without permission. For more information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
[ca. 1912-1914]
MC4272


Photographs, A. Aubrey Bodine, Recreation, Leisure, Garrett County, Maryland, Beaches, Bodies of water
Bodine, A. Aubrey, 1906-1970
Deep Creek Lake. Garrett County, Maryland. A. Aubrey Bodine (1906-1970), June 26, 1965. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. No use or reproduction without permission. For more information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
June 26, 1965
B1109 N


Photographs, Baltimore (Md.), Harbor, Federal Hill, Bodies of water, Maritime, Water, Business and industry, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Unidentified photographer
Harbor from Federal Hill. Baltimore, Maryland. Unidentified photographer, ca. 1915. 5 x 7 inch glass negative. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. No use or reproduction without permission. For more information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1915
MC3556


Photographs, Baltimore (Md.), Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Architecture, Structures, Druid Hill Park, Druid Hill, Parks and squares
Unidentified photographer
Druid Hill Park Conservatory. Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland. Unidentified photographer, ca. 1900. 5 x 7 inch glass negative. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. No use or reproduction without permission. For more information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
ca. 1900
MC2224 C