"…that Charles Willson Peale, renowned portraitist of the eighteenth century, began his career as a saddle maker?"
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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.
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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 |
Portrait male--Child; Paintings; African American history
Kühn, Justus Engelhardt
Full-length portrait shows Henry Darnall III as a boy in yellow-orange tunic and green cape holding a bow and arrow. To the left is an African American boy in an orange coat, holding a dead bird. Darnall stands in an architectural setting with balustrades at sides, and formal gardens and buildings behind. Oil on canvas by Justus Englehardt K
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ca. 1710
1912.1.3
Johnson, Joshua; African American history; Manuscripts
Pages 298-300 of Volume I of Baltimore County Chattel Records, 1773-1788, recording Joshua Johnson
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1773-1784
MS2865
Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806; Manuscripts; Manuscripts--Pictorial works; African American history
Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806.
Diagram of eclipse on April 3, 1701. From Benjamin Banneker
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April 3, 1791
MS2700
Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806; Manuscripts; Manuscripts--Almanacs; Manuscripts--Pictorial works; African American history
Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806.
Benjamin Banneker
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1795
MS2700
Abolitionists.; Manuscripts; African American history
Brown, John, 1800-1859.
Letter book by John Brown containing three chapters of autobiographical narrative of
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1859
MS155
African American history; Suffrage; Lithograph; Celebrations and parades
Metcalf & Clark, Publishers
The Result of the 15th Amendment and the rise and progress of the African race in America and its final accomplishment, and celebration on May 19th A.D. 1870. Published by Metcalf & Clark.
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ca. 1870
H85
PP1; American Civil War; 1861-1865; African American history; Celebrations and parades; Suffrage; Photograph
Chase, William
Baltimore's African American's celebrate the Fifteenth Amendment, Establishing the right of Suffrage. 1870. Stereoview taken in Monument Square celebrating the 15th Amendment. (Previously Z24.797)
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1870
PP1.2
American Civil War, 1861-1865; African American history; Slavery.; Sheet music
The Fugitive's Song illustration.
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MD12078
Slavery.; American Civil War, 1861-1865; African American history; Broadsides.
Tilghman, Tench
Broadside for runaway slave, Phillip Adams, by Tench Tilghman. May 4th 1861.
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May 4, 1861
[Broadside 1861]
American Civil War, 1861-1865; African American history; Abolitionists.; Baltimore (Md.) Newspapers and periodicals; Newspapers and periodicals; Slavery.; Broadsides.
The Sun, Publishers
The Sun- Extra Baltimore. Slave Insurrection at Harper's Ferry. The Defeat of Insurgents. Probably end of the battle, orders for troops countermanded. October 18, 1859. American Civil War.
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1859
[Broadside 1859]
American Civil War, 1861-1865; African American history; Flags
Fourth Regiment United States Colored Troops Civil War Flag. Silk mounted on a wooden pole (with the eagle missing).
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1863
2004.22
Wilson, Fred, 1954-, African American history, Exhibitions, Mining the Museum
Maryland Historical Society Exhibition
"Cabinetmaking, 1820-1960" from Mining the Museum: An Installation by Fred Wilson. Maryland Historical Society, 1992-1993. Joint exhibition with The Contemporary in Baltimore.
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1992-1993 (exhibit)
MTM 037B
Children, Family, African American history, Photographs, Health, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Paul Henderson, Women's history
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. Planned Parenthood clinic. Woman and man with children. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa June 1949.
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ca. 1949
HEN.00.A2-184
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Sports, Baseball., Negro leagues
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. Pitchers of the Baltimore Elite Giants. Negro League baseball team. From left to right: Ed Finney, Frank Russell, Lenny Pearson, Jim Gillain, Thomas "Pee Wee" Butts. Photograph by Paul Henderson (1899-1988), circa May 1949.
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ca. 1949
HEN.00.A1-054
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Sports, Baseball., Negro leagues
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. Batters of the Baltimore Elite Giants. Negro League baseball team. Left to right: Henry Kimbo, Robert "Butch" Davis, Lester Locket, Lenny Pearson. Photograph by Paul Henderson (1899-1988), circa May 1949.
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ca. 1949
HEN.00.A1-055
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Sports, Baseball., Negro leagues
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. Baltimore Elite Giants. Negro League baseball team. Shows team posed in front of billboard advertisement for 200th Anniversary for Arrow Beer. Photograph by Paul Henderson (1899-1988), circa May 1949.
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ca. 1949
HEN.00.A1-056
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Sports, Baseball., Negro leagues
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Portrait. Unidentified baseball player on field. Shows player after throwing a ball. Also shows crowd watching the game. Photograph by Paul Henderson (1899-1988), circa May 1949.
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ca. 1949
HEN.00.A1-057
Business, Education, Schools, Classroom environment, African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Paul Henderson
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. Cortez W. Peters (1906-1964) of the Cortez Peters Business Schools demonstrating his typing skills blindfolded in front of spectators. Peters was the world speed typing champion. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa January 1953.
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ca. 1953
HEN.00.A1-063
Paul Henderson, Laborers, African American history, Photographs, Industry, Business, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. Men and women inside unidentified factory or business in line to punch time cards. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), undated.
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Undated
HEN.00.A1-086
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Paul Henderson, African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Civil Rights
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Group portrait. Labor Committee Members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Seated from left: Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., national NAACP labor secretary; Cecil Scott; C. M. Puryear; D. R. Page; Reverend Thomas Davis; Reverend Harrison Bryant. Standing from left: Reverend Eugene T. Grove; Emerson Brown, Jr.; J. Alvin Jones; and Raymond A. C. Young. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), January 1950. Featured in the Baltimo re Afro-American newspaper, "Laying Plans for Use of Skilled Workers on Y Annex." January 15, 1950, page 14. Note: Exhibited on-site in "Paul Henderson: Baltimore's Civil Rights Era in Photographs, ca. 1940-1960," February 2012.
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1950
HEN.00.A1-095
