Views of Wilmington, Delaware souvenir album
Creation: 1883Abstract
Wilmington is the largest city in Delaware located on the Christiana and Brandywine Rivers. This collection is a souvenir album containing fourteen views of notable buildings and places in Wilmington, Delaware.
Dates
- Creation: 1883
Creator
- Witteman Brothers (Publisher, Organization)
Extent
14 item(s)
General Physical Description
1 portfolio (14 photomechanical prints), 3.25 x 5 in.
Historical Note
Wilmington is the largest city in Delaware located on the Christiana and Brandywine Rivers. Originally colonized by the Swedish, Dutch and English in the seventeenth century. Wilmington was incorporated in 1731 and received a city charter in 1832.
Scope and Content
This collection is a souvenir album containing fourteen views of notable buildings and places in Wilmington, Delaware. They include: view from 3rd Street bridge, Christiana River [i.e. Christina River]; Pennsylvania Railroad Depot; Grand Union Hotel; Old Swedes Church; First Presbyterian Church; Opera House; Newcastle [i.e New Castle] County Court House; Custom House and Post Office; City Hall; City Market, King Street; Grace Methodist Church; St. John's Episcopal Church; Senator F. F. Bayard's residence [i.e. Thomas F. Bayard] (residence was known as Delamore Place); and a view from 9th Street hill.
Images reproduced from photographs by Louis Glaser's process and published by the Witteman Brothers, New York.
Location
GL Box 2.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Views of Wilmington, Delaware souvenir album
- Date:
- 2014
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
