Wilmington, Delaware and vicinity postcards
Creation: 1908-1922 Creation: undatedAbstract
Wilmington is the largest city in Delaware located on the Christiana and Brandywine Rivers. Postcard views of miscellaneous sights in and around Wilmington, Delaware.
Dates
- Creation: 1908-1922
- Creation: undated
Extent
15 item(s)
General Physical Description
15 photomechanical prints : postcards ; 3.5 x 5.5 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
Postcard views of miscellaneous sights in and around Wilmington, Delaware. They include two views of Brandywine Springs Park, statues and monuments, a mill race, Public School 24 and Wilmington High School, Eden Hall and the Union National Bank, and the "Brandywine," a Wilson Line ship.
Location
GL Box 1.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Wilmington, Delaware and vicinity 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
