Maryland Historical Society

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Textile Collection

10,750 textiles:

• the largest collection of Baltimore Album quilts in the world,
• 124 samplers and embroideries,
• women's, men's and children's clothing and accessories ranging from c. 1730 to the present, *bed and table linens,
• one of only three surviving Revolutionary War officer's uniforms in America,
• an extensive collection of Confederate and Union uniforms,
• a collection of flags (including 51 Civil War era flags and approximately 50 additional flags from the 18th though 21 century), and
• a collection of dresses and accessories designed by Claire McCardell

Emphemera Collection

1 million pieces of printed ephemera (printed material of passing interest)

Online Exhibition of Baltimore Album Quilts

• http://www.mdhs.org/quiltprj/quilthom.html