]Looking back at Delaware’s history can remind us where we came from and how far we’ve come. Here are 13 rare photos that give a glimpse into bygone eras.
- In 1910 these child laborers worked at American Tobacco Company, located in Wilmington.
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- A church group held a fish fry in uninhabited Ocean View in 1880. This area would later become Bethany Beach.
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- It’s hard to believe that this is Wilmington’s Market Street in 1933.
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- Northern Bethany Beach’s early years. You can see the lifesaving station off in the distance.
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- The first air raid drill in Delaware schools took place in the spring of 1952.
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- This railroad station on Front and French Streets in Wilmington served as a train hub in 1880. The station was later demolished in 1907.
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- Electric locomotive maintenance at Amtrak’s ex-Pennsylvania Railroad shops in Wilmington.
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- Two first-year students at UD transition to life on campus in 1951.
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- The worst storm in Delaware’s history hit in March 1962.
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- These young women study vocations related to homemaking, including interior decorating and modeling. Date unknown.
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- Main Street in Middletown in 1968 looked quite a bit different than it does today!
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- These children in Frederica dance around the May Pole in 1950.
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- Actress Paulette Goddard at this war bond drive, held at Hotel Richardson in 1942.
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Which was your favorite or most surprising photo? Tell us in the comments!
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