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
Sketch of Washington's Island, James, River, Virginia.
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, Works on paper, Landscape, Landscape--Water, Latrobe Family, Virginia.
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
Sketch of Washington's Island, James River, Virginia. Work on paper by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. April 14, 1796.
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1796
1960.108.1.1.33


Sketch on the Appomattox at Bizarre.
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, Works on paper, Landscape, Latrobe Family
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
Sketch on the Appomattox at Bizarre. Pencil drawing by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
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1960.108.1.2.3


View from the porch of Rippon Lodge.
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, Works on paper, Landscape, Latrobe Family, Landscape--Water
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
View from the porch of Rippon Lodge. Watercolor on paper by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
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1960.108.1.2.7


Hors du Monde, the home of Colonel Henry Skipwith.
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, Works on paper, Landscape, Latrobe Family, Virginia., Houses
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
Hors du Monde, the home of Colonel Henry Skipwith, Cumberland County, Virignia. Watercolor by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
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1796
1960.108.1.2.4


Sketch from memory showing the effect of Mount Vernon...
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, Works on paper, Landscape, Latrobe Family, Landscape, Houses, Mount Vernon (Va.)
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
Sketch from memory showing the effect of Mount Vernon on approaching the place from the west on the road from Colchester. Drawing by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
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1960.108.1.2.12


View of Mount Vernon looking to the north.
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, Works on paper, Landscape, Latrobe Family, Houses, Mount Vernon (Va.)
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
View of Mount Vernon looking to the north. July 17, 1796. The portico faces to the east. Watercolor by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
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1796
1960.108.1.2.13


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

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


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

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Unknown
View of Knobby Mountains. Cumberland, Maryland. Subject Vertical File (Allegany County--Views--Cumberland).
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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.
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ca. 1860
PP3.8


Presentation sword given to Captain John A. Webster.
War of 1812, 1812-1815, Object--Weapons, Baltimore (Md.)
Presentation sword given to Captain John A. Webster, War of 1812, by the Citizens of Baltimore.
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1912.3.1


Easton, Maryland Juvenile Corps Banner.
Textiles, War of 1812, 1812-1815, Flags, Easton (Md.)
Keer, Mrs. John Leeds
Painted silk, fringe by Mrs. John Leeds Kerr. The banner features a spread eagle holding a shield and arrow with the motto "Pro Aris Et Focis" and "The Juvenile Corps". The Juvenile Corps were from Easton, Maryland. War of 1812. Gift of Kenneth C. Kerr.
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ca. 1812
1915.3.1


Plan of Baltimore in 1729.
Prints, Lithographs, Maps, Hambleton Print Collection, Baltimore (Md.)

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Plan of Baltimore in 1729 containing 600 acres divided into 60 lots. Hambleton Print Collection.
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ca. 1823
H10


View of Baltimore City.
Prints, Baltimore (Md.), Lithographs, Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views., Hambleton Print Collection, Monuments, Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Baltimore (Md.). Mount Vernon, Washington Monument--Baltimore (Md.)

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E. Sachse & Co.
View of Baltimore City. Drawn from nature on stone by E. Sachse & Co., 1850. Lithograph, printed in colors.
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1850
H13


Baltimore in 1752.
Prints, Baltimore (Md.), Lithographs, Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views., Hambleton Print Collection, Landscape, Landscape--Water

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Moale, John (sketch); Strickland, William (engraving)
Baltimore in 1752. Engraved by William Strickland, 1817. Sketch made by John Moale, Esq., corrected by Daniel Bowley Esq. Aquatint, some impressions hand colored.
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1817
H16


Baltimore & Southern Packet Company's Steamship Tennessee.
Baltimore (Md.), Lithographs, Hambleton Print Collection, Landscape, Landscape--Water; E. Sachse & Co.; Maritime, Prints

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E. Sachse & Co.
Baltimore and Southern Packet Company's Steampship Tennessee, 1200 tons. William B. Hudgins, Commander. Running between Baltimore and Charleston. Lithograph drawn on stone and printed in colors by E. Sachse & Co.
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ca. 1850
H73


To the Brethren of the Order of I.O.O.F.
Prints, Lithographs, Hambleton Print Collection, Clubs and organizations, E. Sachse & Co.

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E. Sachse & Co.
To the Brethren of I.O.O.F. This print representing the distinguishing characteristics of Odd Fellowship Benevolence, is respectfully dedicated to the Author. Lithograph and print by E. Sachse & Co., 1859.
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1859
H82


Stone Chapel, Pipe Creek.
Prints, Lithographs, Hambleton Print Collection, A. Hoen & Co., Houses, Churches and synagogues

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A. Hoen & Co.
Stone Chapel, Pipe Creek, ca. 1855. T.C. Ruckle; Lithograph by A. Hoen & Co. Built, 1783 re-built in 1800. Took the place of Strawbridge Log Chapel.
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ca. 1855
H129


View from the window of my chamber at Tremoulet's Hotel.
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, Works on paper, Street scene--Urban Landscape, Landscape, Latrobe Family, Houses
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
"View From the Window of My Chamber at Tremoulet's Hotel, New Orleans…" Watercolor by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Sketchbook 14, number 13.
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1960.108.1.14.13


Male and female dolphins.
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, Works on paper, Animals
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
Male and female dolphins. Piece of skin enlarged. Work on paper by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. July 17-18, 1796.
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1796
1960.108.1.1.8


View of Norfolk from [Smith's] Point.
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, Works on paper, Landscape, Landscape--Water, Maritime, Latrobe Family, Norfolk (Va.)
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
View of Norfolk from [Smith's] Point. Work on paper by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
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1960.108.1.1.28