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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.
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| 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 |
Wilson, Fred, 1954-, African American history, Exhibitions, Mining the Museum
Maryland Historical Society Exhibition
Installation view. Mining the Museum: An Installation by Fred Wilson. Maryland Historical Society, 1992-1993. Joint exhibition with The Contemporary in Baltimore.
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Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1992-1993 (exhibit)
MTM 011
Wilson, Fred, 1954-, African American history, Exhibitions, Mining the Museum
Maryland Historical Society Exhibition
Metalwork and model of slave ship. Mining the Museum: An Installation by Fred Wilson. Maryland Historical Society, 1992-1993. Joint exhibition with The Contemporary in Baltimore.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
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1992-1993 (exhibit)
MTM 013
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
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ca. 1950
HEN.00.B1-054
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
Wilson, Fred, 1954-, African American history, Exhibitions, Mining the Museum
Maryland Historical Society Exhibition
Detail: Andrew Jackson. Mining the Museum: An Installation by Fred Wilson. Maryland Historical Society, 1992-1993. Joint exhibition with The Contemporary in Baltimore.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org
1992-1993 (installation)
[MTM 001]
Wilson, Fred, 1954-, African American history, Exhibitions, Mining the Museum
Maryland Historical Society Exhibition
Detail: Napoleon Bonaparte. Mining the Museum: An Installation by Fred Wilson. Maryland Historical Society, 1992-1993. Joint exhibition with The Contemporary in Baltimore.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
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1992-1993 (installation)
[MTM 002]
Wilson, Fred, 1954-, African American history, Exhibitions, Mining the Museum
Maryland Historical Society Exhibition
Truth Trophy and Pedestals. Mining the Museum: An Installation by Fred Wilson. Maryland Historical Society, 1992-1993. Joint exhibition with The Contemporary in Baltimore.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
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1992-1993 (installation)
[MTM 003]
Wilson, Fred, 1954-, African American history, Exhibitions, Mining the Museum
Maryland Historical Society Exhibition
Cigar store Indians. Mining the Museum: An Installation by Fred Wilson. Maryland Historical Society, 1992-1993. Joint exhibition with The Contemporary in Baltimore.
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
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1992-1993 (installation)
[MTM 004]
Works on paper; African American history; Slavery.
Unknown
Escape by night. Pen and ink over graphite on cream tracing paper by unknown artist.
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ca. Late 19th Century
1950.122.5b
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820; Latrobe Family; African American history; Street scene; Portrait group; Latrobe Family
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
Market Folks, New Orleans, 1819. Watercolor on paper by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
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1819
1960.108.1.14.17
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820; Latrobe Family; African American history; Slavery; Works on paper; Portrait male
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
Alic, a faithful and humorous servant. Watercolor and pen on paper by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
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1797
1960.108.1.3.12
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820; Latrobe Family; Fredericksburg (Va.); African American history; Slavery; Works on paper
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
An overseer doing his duty near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Watercolor on paper by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
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ca. 1798
1960.108.1.3.21
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820; Latrobe Family; African American history; Slavery; Portrait group; Works on paper
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
Preparations for the Enjoyment of a fine Sunday Evening. Watercolor on paper by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
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1797
1960.108.1.2.36
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
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
Paintings; African American history; Landscape
Williams, Alphonso
The Strawberry Checkout. Acrylic on board by Alphonso Williams.
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2001.29
Paintings; African American history; Slavery.; Perry Hall (Md.)
Guy Francis, 1760-1820
Perry Hall, Slave Quarters with Field Hands at Work. Oil on canvas by Francis Guy.
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ca. 1805
1986-33
African American history, Paintings; Portrait male; Portrait male--Occupation--Artist; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Middleman, Raoul, b. 1935
Tom Miller (1945-2000). Oil on canvas by Raoul Middleman. Miller earned his undergraduate degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art and was an art teacher for Baltimore City Public Schools for 20 years. Miller returned to MICA 1987 for his graduate degree and from then on worked as a full-time artist. Miller is a renowned decorative furniture painter. Gift of Raoul Middleman and Steven Scott Gallery.
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1994
1995.22.1
Paintings; Portrait groups--Children; African American history
Peale, Sarah Miriam, 1800-1885
Family group shows children of Commodore John Daniel Danels. Five Danels children with two African American children. At left, a boy stands wearing brown skeleton suit. John Danels is seen in center wearing green jacket while at right, Lewis Danels is seated, wearing a brown skeleton suit. Eugenia Danels, seen on stool, wears salmon dress. Oil on canvas by Sarah Miriam Peale.
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ca. 1826
1973.12.1
African American history, Paul Henderson, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Portrait female, Women's history, Entertainers, Churches and synagogues, Baltimore (Md.)--Churches and synagogues
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972) performing. Possibly Gillis Memorial Church. Reverend Theodore Jackson. Audience in background. Photography by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa February 1959.
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ca. 1959
HEN.00.A2-270
