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
Two unidentified Harlem Globetrotter basketball players posing with unidentified woman in formal dress.
Sports, African American history, Paul Henderson, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. Two unidentified Harlem Globetrotter basketball players posing with unidentified woman in formal dress. One man and one Harlem Globetrotter in background. Possibly backstage dressing room. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa January 1957.
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. 1957
HEN.00.A2-263


Marian Anderson (1897-1993) on left with unidentified woman.
Civil Rights, Celebrities, Entertainers, African American history, Paul Henderson, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Women's history
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Portrait. Marian Anderson (1897-1993) on left with unidentified woman. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa January 1954.
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. 1954
HEN.00.A2-268