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    Historic Photos of Delaware
    Historic Photos of Delaware
    Historic Photos of Delaware
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    Historic Photos of Delaware

    By Ellen Rendle

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    Dela-where? is a joke that all too often hits a nerve with residents of the second smallest state, but Dela-here is a great place to be—amid all the big cities of the Eastern Seaboard but just far enough from the beaten path to have its own unique identity. This collection of photographs celebrates the First State’s history with an eclectic mix of rural and urban, from the rolling hills and swift streams of New Castle County to the flat and rich agricultural lands of Kent and Sussex counties to the enduring beauty of the beach communities of the Atlantic Coast. Subjects range from horse-drawn farm machinery and black powder wagons to the celebratory openings of the Delaware Memorial and the Chesapeake Bay bridges. Years of growth and growing pains are buoyed with proud and happy moments at ship christenings, the Delmarva Chicken Festival, and cultural achievements. A tour of Historic Photos of Delaware is sure to provide an illuminating and fond journey back into the state’s rich history.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTurner Publishing Company
    Release dateMay 1, 2008
    ISBN9781618586216
    Historic Photos of Delaware
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    Ellen Rendle

    In this new volume of visual history, authors Ellen Rendle and Constance J. Cooper have selected images from the Historical Society of Delaware's Postcard Collection to illustrate the state's unique past. Whether strolling along the beaches of resort towns such as Rehoboth Beach and Oak Orchard, sailing down the Mispillion and Broadkill Rivers, or wandering the streets of Lincoln and Townsend, readers of all ages are sure to delight in this entertaining tour through the singular history of Delaware.

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      Historic Photos of Delaware - Ellen Rendle

      HISTORIC PHOTOS OF

      DELAWARE

      TEXT AND CAPTIONS BY ELLEN RENDLE

      The tugboat John J. Hagan and the canal boat Bloomington travel along the busy Delaware River around 1901. The United States government undertook what it called the Project of 1885 to deepen and widen the shipping lanes of the Delaware River from Philadelphia to the Delaware Bay, making the channel 26 feet deep and 600 feet wide.

      HISTORIC PHOTOS OF

      DELAWARE

      Turner Publishing Company

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      Nashville, Tennessee 37219

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      Historic Photos of Delaware

      Copyright © 2008 Turner Publishing Company

      All rights reserved.

      This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2008901713

      ISBN-13: 978-1-59652-440-8

      Printed in China

      08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15—0  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1

      CONTENTS

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      PREFACE

      THE RAILROADS BRING INDUSTRY (1860S–1899)

      A NEW CENTURY (1900–1919)

      INFLUENCES FROM BEYOND THE BORDER (1920–1945)

      DELAWARE IN THE POSTWAR ERA (1946–1970S)

      NOTES ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS

      Photographer John Vachon traveling through Dover captured this moment of time in July 1938. Years of suffering through the Great Depression seem to be written on the boys’ faces.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      This volume, Historic Photos of Delaware, is the result of the cooperation and efforts of many individuals and organizations. It is with great thanks that we acknowledge the valuable contribution of the Delaware Historical Society and the Library of Congress for their generous support.

      The author would like to thank her parents for introducing her to history and allowing her to study what she wanted to study, where she wanted to study it—even 900 miles from home. She would also like to thank her husband, John, for his continuing support. Finally, thanks to countless Delawareans who have worked to build the photograph collections at the Delaware Historical Society through the years. They are rich with historical moments, private memories, and enlightening depictions of the state’s history.

      PREFACE

      The history of Delaware has been captured in thousands of photographs that reside in archives, both locally and nationally. This book began with the observation that, while those photographs are of great interest to many, they are not easily accessible. The area today is home to many residents, new and old, who are curious about the local history, especially as the streetscapes and individual buildings associated with that history sometimes seem to be in the way of progress. Many people are asking how to treat these remnants of the past. The decisions made affect every aspect of the urban environment—architecture, public spaces, commerce, infrastructure—and these, in turn, affect the ways that people live their lives. This book seeks to provide decision makers—citizens and officials—a valuable, objective look into the history of Delaware’s towns, cities, and rural areas through photographs of the state.

      Although the photographer can make decisions regarding subject matter and how to capture and present it, photographs, unlike words, seldom interpret history subjectively. This lends them an authority that textual histories sometimes fail to achieve, and offers the viewer an original, untainted perspective from which to draw his own conclusions, interpretations, and insights.

      This project represents countless hours of research. The editors and writer have reviewed thousands of photographs in numerous archives. We greatly appreciate the generous assistance of the organizations listed in the acknowledgments, without whom this project could not have been completed.

      The goal in publishing this work is to provide broader access to these extraordinary images, to inspire, furnish perspective, and evoke insight that might assist those who are responsible for determining the future of the great state of Delaware. In addition, we hope that the book will encourage the preservation of the past with adequate respect and reverence.

      With the exception of cropping images where needed and touching up imperfections that have accrued over time, no other changes have been made. The caliber and clarity of many photographs are limited by the technology of the day and the ability of the photographer at the time they were made.

      The book is divided into four eras. The selection begins with images from the nineteenth century. The second section spans the first decades of the twentieth century, when the region grew as both an industrial and a vacation center. Section Three covers the period between the end of World War I to the end of World War II. Section Four continues the story from the postwar years to the early 1970s.

      In each of these sections we have made an effort to capture various aspects of life through our selection of photographs. People, commerce, industry, recreation, transportation, infrastructure, and religious and educational institutions have been included to provide a

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