DHS (Delaware Historical Society) Photograph Collection, 1850-2000 | Delaware Historical Society Digital Collections

February 10, 2022

Selected images from the DHS (Delaware Historical Society) Photograph Collection, 1850-2000. The collection is rich and deep, spanning the state geographically and topically, and documenting the history of its land and people from the earliest years of photography to the present day. Included in the collection are numerous formats of prints and negatives, portraits, formal photography and snapshots, images of people, buildings, places and events. The collection includes the work of both formal professional photographers and amateur and family photographers. The photographs have been collected together through purchase and donation in small numbers.

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TITLE	TYPE	SUBJECT
Memorial Hospital, 1954	Still Image	Hospitals, Wilmington (Del.)
Mother's Picnic, Italian Neighborhood House, 1946	Still Image	Children, Italian Americans, Picnics, Wilmington (Del.), Women
Mount Pleasant School, ca. 1918	Still Image	Mount Pleasant School (Wilmington, Del.), Schools, Wilmington (Del.)
Mr. and Mrs. James M. (Sarah A.) Banthem, ca. 1900s	Still Image	Houses, Wilmington (Del.)
Nixon campaign rally, Rodney Square., 1960	Still Image	Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994, Presidential campaigns, Rodney Square (Wilmington, Del.), Wilmington (Del.)
No. 1 School, Wilmington, ca. early 20th century	Still Image	Schools, Wilmington (Del.)
No. 5 School, Wilm., ca. mid 20th century	Still Image	Schools, Wilmington (Del.)
Number 5 School, ca. 1890-1894	Still Image	Schools, Wilmington (Del.)
Old Home Week parade, 1912	Still Image	Parades, Reunions, Wilmington (Del.)
Old Town Hall Museum, 1927	Still Image	Delaware Historical Society, Exhibitions, Museums, Old Town Hall (Wilmington, Del.), Wilmington (Del.)
Old Town Hall, ca. 1875-1900	Still Image	Market Street, Wilmington, Old Town Hall (Wilmington, Del.), Wilmington (Del.)
Old Town Hall, ca. 1970s	Still Image	Market Street, Wilmington, Old Town Hall (Wilmington, Del.), Wilmington (Del.)
Old Town Hall, no date	Still Image	Old Town Hall (Wilmington, Del.), Wilmington (Del.)
P. S. duPont High School, ca. 1945	Still Image	Pierre S. du Pont High School (Wilmington, Del.), Schools, Wilmington (Del.)
Panoramic view looking southeast from Ford Building, ca. 1895	Still Image	Cities and towns, Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.), Market Street (Wilmington, Del.), Wilmington (Del.)