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Wilmington, Del.

 Subject
Subject Source: Source Not Specified

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Wendell Willkie presidential campaign parade film

 Collection
Accession: 2024-222
Abstract:

Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) was an American lawyer and utilities executive who served as the Republican Party nominee in the 1940 presidential election. This item is an amateur silent film by an unidentified filmmaker depicting scenes of Willkie's presidential campaign parade in downtown Wilmington, Delaware.

Dates: 1940 October 31

Wilmington, Delaware area historic images

 Collection
Accession: 1975-249
Abstract:

Wilmington is the largest city in Delaware located on the Christiana and Brandywine Rivers. This collection consists of three reproduction photographs of diverse subjects: an A5A steam locomotive #1167 of Reading Railroad crossing the road at Greenville, Delaware; a unoccupied trolley car in Wilmington, Delaware, originally built by the Peoples Railway Company in 1904; a postcard illustration of the Delaware Trust Building, Wilmington, Delaware.

Dates: 1930-1950