Portraits from the War of 1812 Collection

Farmerettes in the Woman's Land Army of America, working on a horse-drawn wagon pulling a hay-loading machine

Objects from the War of 1812 collection

Baltimore Orioles 1954 schedule, sponsored by Gunther Beer

Unloading bananas from United Fruit Company boat docked at Pratt Street, Baltimore

Market Street, Baltimore, 1850: busy street scene showing the Baltimore Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts

Streetcar at the corner of Wolfe Street and Eastern Avenue in Baltimore, 1952

H.L. Mencken Collection

Digital Maryland

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New Collections

Black Lives Matter: Protest Signs from the Reginald F. Lewis Museum

Protest signs from the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Baltimore, Easton, and Cambridge Maryland. Portions of this collection will be featured in an exhibition opening at the Lewis Museum on October 30th, 2020 titled Make Good Trouble: Marching for Change. Find out more by visiting the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture.

Maryland Rainbow History

Pratt Library Oral History Archive, Maryland Rainbow History Collection The Maryland Rainbow History Collection comprises oral history interviews of LGBTQ+ people living in Maryland, including the founders of a number of early lesbian and gay rights organizations in Baltimore. The first four interviews were conducted by Pratt Library librarian Benjamin Egerman, with Louis Hughes, Paulette Young, Silas White, and Andre Powell, in 2020.
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