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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 |
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Horses; Wagons; Baltimore (Md.). Police Dept.; Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Transportation--Horse-drawn wagons; Vehicles; Street scene
Unknown
Pratt and Light Streets, northwest corner. Street scene showing horse-drawn wagons, cars and policeman regulating traffic. In front of traffic Adjustment Co. Bldg. Photograph. November, 1921.
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1921
MC6976
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Street scene; Cable cars (Streetcars); Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Theater
Unknown
Baltimore Street east from Commerce Street. Known as "The Block". Northwest corner building decorated with Caryatids. Also pictured: Lubin's Theatre.
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ca. 1920
MC6591
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Street scene; Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Cable cars (Streetcars); Monuments
Worthington; Hughes Company
Calvert & Fayette Streets, southwest corner. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Office and Battle Monument. Courthouse under construction may be noted. Hughes Company photograph by Worthington.
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ca. 1895
MC6637
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Baltimore (Md.) Woodberry; Industry; Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views.
Hughes Company
Bird
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ca. 1930
MC6264
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Recreation--Theater--Movie; Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Street scene; Architecture--exterior
Hughes Company
Stanley Theatre, 518 Howard Street. November, 1928. Photograph by the Hughes Company. The Stanley Theatre is also known as the Stanton Theatre. Photograph by the Hughes Company.
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1928
MC6124
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Hughes Company
Harford Road South Toward Hamilton Avenue, for Merchants Terminal Corporation. Photograph by the Hughes Company. April 13, 1929.
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1929
MC6219
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Street scene
Unknown
Charles Street looking north from Redwood Street ,1912. Convention Week. Photograph.
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ca. 1912
MC4816
Immigrants, Medicine, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.), Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Unidentified photographer
Doctor examines woman for trachoma. Immigrants at Locust Point. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (B&O) Collection. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, 8x10 glass, Box 4. Note: Reference photograph.
Restricted to reference photograph. For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1904 or 1910
MC4733 .1
Immigrants, Medicine, Photographs, Baltimore (Md.), Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Unidentified photographer
Waiting area, immigrants at Locust Point. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (B&O) Collection. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, 8x10 glass, Box 4. Note: Reference photograph.
Restricted to reference photograph. For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1904 or 1910
MC4733 .2
War of 1812, Prints, Etching,
Unidentified artist
The Conspiracy Against Baltimore, or The War Dance at Montgomery Court House [sic]. Engraving by unidentified artist. Small Prints Collection, Graphics Shelf 2, Box P196-P340.
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Not Dated
SMPR P322
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Bridges and Viaducts; Jones Falls (Md.); Portrait group--Men
Unknown
Below Eager Street. Jones Fallsway Viaduct, progress photo. From right to left: C.K. Allen, Resident Engineer, Mayor Preston, M. Hendricks, Chief Engineer and
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MC4272.24
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Baltimore (Md.)--Markets
Unknown
Lexington Market. Baltimore, Maryland. Photograph.
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1921
MC4240
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Baltimore Theatre; Street scene
Unknown
Howard Auditorium Music Hall at Night, Howard Street near Franklin Street, ca. 1900. The Auditorium was also known as the Natatorium and currently stands as the Mayfair Theater, which is currently vacant. Photograph.
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ca. 1900
MC2174A
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Newspapers and periodicals; Portrait male
Unknown
Arunah Shepherdson Abell (1806-1888) was an American publisher and philanthropist. Shepherdson founded the Baltimore Sun, a Baltimore newspaper still in print. Photograph.
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Unknown
MC1262
Portrait group, Baltimore (Md.), Jones Falls, Bridges and viaducts, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Urban Landscape, Water
Unidentified photographer
Gay Street bridge over Jones Falls, seen from north. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, 8x10, box 1. Note: Reference photograph.
Restricted to reference photograph. For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
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ca. 1910-1914
MC2102-9
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Maritime; Cased photograph; Baltimore (Md.). Federal Hill
Clarke, H.
North view of Baltimore Harbor from Federal Hill, ca. 1850. Full plate daguerreotype.
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ca. 1850
MC711-4
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Maritime; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Unknown
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Piers at Locust Point, Baltimore, Maryland.
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ca. 1872
CC2952
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views.; Cased photograph
Clarke, H.
Northwest view of Baltimore from Merchants Shot Tower ca. 1850. Full plate daguerreotype.
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1844-1850
MC711-2
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Baltimore (Md.)--Markets; Street scene; Cased photograph
Clarke, H.
View of Baltimore Street, east from Marsh Market. Ca, 1850. Full plate daguerreotype.
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1844-1850
MC711-3
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Maritime; Baltimore (Md.). Federal Hill
Hunter, W.H.(?)
Spears Wharf from Pratt Street, 1875.
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1875
CC2851
