Wilmington, Delaware postcards
Creation: circa 1906-1909Abstract
Wilmington is the largest city in Delaware located on the Christiana and Brandywine Rivers. The collection consists of eight postcards featuring scenes in and around Wilmington, Delaware. The postcards were published by Julian B. Robinson, a Wilmington printer.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1906-1909
Extent
8 item(s)
General Physical Description
8 prints (postcards) ;,9 x 13.9 cm.
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
The collection consists of eight postcards featuring scenes in and around Wilmington, Delaware. The postcards were published by Julian B. Robinson, a Wilmington printer. Five of the postcards feature scenes along the Brandywine including the B&O Railroad bridge, powder mills at the Du Pont Powder Yards and the Barley Mill Dam. The Grand Opera House, the Garrick Theatre, the Clayton Street Bridge in Brandywine Park and the New Castle County Court House appear on the other three postcards.
Location
GL Box 2.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Subjects
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Wilmington, Delaware postcards
- 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
