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Pic1 |
“Welcome to Delaware” road sign; near Route 13, April 28, 1953.
Sanborn Collection 87.17.4628. |
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Pic2 |
Businesses along Philadelphia Pike in Claymont, February 11, 1953.
Sanborn Collection 87.17.3813. |
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Pic3 |
Street scene on State Street, Delmar a town split by the state
boundary line. Delaware is on the right, Maryland on the left.
Jeanette Eckman Collection Box 110, P-18 |
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Pic4 |
Fenwick Island, scenes in the small beach town, November 13, 1961.
Sanborn Collection 87.17.4733. |
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Pic5 |
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Pic6 |
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Pic7 |
The construction site for either the
Brookside Shopping Center or Brookside Elementary School,
Newark.
February 7, 1954. Sanborn Collection 87.17.492a. |
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Pic8 |
Aerial view of suburban Newark-Wilmington corridor. The Delaware Park
racetrack is at the bottom left, Newport is at the bottom right.
November 14, 1956. HSD Collection, Suburban New Castle County. |
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Pic9 |
Aerial view of the town of Newark, November 16, 1959. Lubitsh and
Bungarz Collection 26999. |
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Pic10 |
Bathers on the beach at Rehoboth Beach, ca. 1950. Jeanette Eckman
Collection, Box 110 P-7. |
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Pic11 |
A bird’s eye view of St. George’s taken from the roof of the
Presbyterian Church, looking past the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal,
ca. 1960. HSD Collection Cities and Towns. |
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Pic12 |
Wilmington, looking north along the west side of the 700 block of
Market Street, ca. 1950. Sanborn Collection 87.17.311. |
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Pic13 |
University of Delaware vs. Temple University football game.
Delaware wins 27-0, November 1957. Lubitsh and Bungarz Collection
19601. |
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Pic14 |
Aerial view of Mount Pleasant High School in north Wilmington, 1959.
Lubitsh and Bungarz Collection 26479. |
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Pic15 |
Exterior view of William Penn High School in New Castle, ca. 1940-50s.
Art Vue Collection 90.69.68. |
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Pic16 |
University of Delaware Marine Lab, Lewes. Researchers aboard the
Acartia, 1950s. The Marine Biology program began in the 1950s, and
became the Marine Studies Program in 1970-71. HSD Collection Schools. |
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Pic17 |
First Black students at Salesianum High School, the first school to
integrate in Delaware, November 19, 1950. HSD Collection Blacks. |
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Pic18 |
Conrad High School cheerleaders, 1950s. HSD Collection Schools. |
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Pic19 |
Warner Jr. High basketball team, 1958-9. HSD Collection Schools. |
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Pic20 |
Brown Vocational High School graduating nursing students, January 18,
1950. Sanborn Collection 87.17.4744. |
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Pic21 |
St. Elizabeth’s High School prom at the Hotel duPont, February 10,
1944. Sanborn Collection 87.17.2367. |
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Pic22 |
University of Delaware dormitories, September 20, 1943. Sanborn
Collection 87.17.1328. |
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Pic23 |
News Journal writers at work in the offices of the newspaper, ca.
1950. Lubitsh and Bungarz Collection 0276. |
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Pic24 |
Aerial view of the General Motors plant, Boxwood Road, October 1,
1959. Lubitsh and Bungarz Collection 26525. |
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Pic25 |
New cars coming off the assembly line at the General Motors plant,
October 20, 1959. Lubitsh and Bungarz Collection 26755. |
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Pic26 |
Worker with rolls of nylon inside the Seaford Du Pont Company nylon
plant in Seaford, ca. 1951. Lubitsh and Bungarz Collection 4328.
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Pic27 |
Worker suspended from cables, painting the mast of the ship Brazil at
the Marine Terminal, ca. 1953. Lubitsh and Bungarz Collection 5288. |
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Pic28 |
Chemist at work at the Atlas Powder Company (a spin off company from
the DuPont Company anti-trust suit of 1912), ca. 1953. Lubitsh and
Bungarz Collection 5498. |
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Pic29 |
Broiler farm in Bridgeville, ca. 1950. Jeanette Eckman Collection Box
110 P-6. |
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Pic30 |
Two images of the Delaware Memorial Bridge under construction from the
Delaware side of the river, March 17 and October 31, 1950. Lubitsh and
Bungarz Collection. |
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Pic31 |
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Pic32 |
The completed first span of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, 1951.
Lubitsh and Bungarz Collection 2376. |
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Pic33 |
Aerial view of the New Castle County Airport. Route 13 is barely
visible at bottom right of photograph, ca. 1950. Lubitsh and Bungarz
Collection 0930. |
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Pic34 |
Chemist at work at Hercules (a spin-off company from the DuPont
Anti-trust suit of 1912) n.d. Lubitsh and Bungarz Collection, folder. |
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Pic35 |
Aerial view of the Wilmington Marine Terminal, October 23, 1959.
Sanborn Collection 87.17.4479. |
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Pic36 |
Construction workers on the roof of a building near 9th and Market
streets, Wilmington, November 11, 1952. Sanborn Collection 87.17.4527. |
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Pic37 |
Filming a WDEL Television program. The panel included members of the
state unemployment commission and a vocational guidance counselor from
the state board of education. May 21, 1951. Sanborn Collection
87.17.4597. |
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Pic38 |
Atlantic Aviation. A family de-boards a small aircraft outside the
Atlantic Aviation hanger at the New Castle County Airport, March 22,
1956. Sanborn Collection 87.17.3445. |
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Pic39 |
Before the invention of mechanized street sweepers, city workers
formed teams to keep the streets free of litter, February 1, 1953.
Sanborn Collection 87.17.461. |
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Pic40 |
Photograph of the softball team from a local labor union, ca. 1955.
Sanborn Collection 87.17.141. |
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Pic41 |
Young fisherwoman with her catch of porgies, at Bowers Beach, ca.
1950. Jeanette Eckman Collection Box 110 P-11. |
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Pic42 |
Adults and children alike line up outside the New Castle County
Library Bookmobile, March 19, 1953. Sanborn Collection 87.17.4018. |
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Pic43 |
Display window for stockings made from DuPont Company nylon, at
Kennard’s Department Store, 617-623 Market Street, Wilmington,
September 8, 1955. Sanborn Collection 87.17.4355. |
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Pic44 |
Young people take a moment away from the rink to socialize at the
Printz Roller Rink, north Wilmington, March 15, 1950. Sanborn
Collection 87.17.3643. |
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Pic45 |
Team portrait of the 1951 Wilmington Blue Rocks baseball team. The
team played at the Wilmington Stadium at 30th and Governor Printz
Boulevard, August 23, 1951. Sanborn Collection 87.17.3054.
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Pic46 |
Exterior view of the Wilmington Dry Goods store at 414-420 Market
Street, January 6, 1956. This store was famous pricing all like items
the same and for its great sales. Sanborn Collection 87.17.2698. |
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Pic47 |
Deer Park Hotel, Main Street, Newark, March 14, 1957. Sanborn
Collection 87.17.466. |
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Pic48 |
A man dressed in a space suit promotes the upcoming attraction
Destination Moon at the Arcadia Theater, 500 Market Street, December
23, 1953. Sanborn Collection 87.17.227. |
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Pic49 |
A local truck farmer poses next to his stall at the Farmer’s Street
Market, Wilmington, January 10, 1954. Sanborn Collection 87.17.228. |
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Pic50 |
Sign posted outside a new suburban model in Dunlinden Acres, New
Castle County, December 16, 1952. Sanborn Collection 87.17.234.
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