Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs

A fledgling resort more than a century ago

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Rehoboth Beach looks a lot different now than it did in 1908 when this “Bird’s Eye View” post card...

Methodism has had many faces through the centuries

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This postcard mailed in 1937 shows how Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church in Rehoboth Beach looked...

Football playoffs time: Blue Hen gridiron back in 1954

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Football was a tougher game back in October of 1954 when this photograph was made at a University...

Lifesaving crew coming back to the beach

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Winter and its storms could be a tough time for the U.S. Lifesaving Service and its crews stationed...

Holiday decorations at Lewes’ 1812 park

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The 1812 Park in Lewes looked much different in the middle part of the 20th century, but someone in...

Seine fishing for trout near Milford in the early...

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Fishermen along the coast have been picking up a few migrating striped bass in recent weeks - some...

Boosting Delaware’s holly industry in the 1950s

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It’s the Christmas parade time of the year and this photograph from the 1950s shows that the parade...

Christmas is in the air, especially in this postcard

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This is a week full of parades in Delaware’s Cape Region, and Christmas is in the air. This...

Some of Sussex County’s earliest chicken exports

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The recent announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that China is resuming its imports...

Veterans and ironworkers meet at Edgemoor in 1943

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This photograph from March of 1943 shows a group of veterans meeting with ironworkers at the...

Three prominent Rehoboth Beach hotels a century ago

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This postcard mailed from Rehoboth Beach in December 1912 shows three of the most prominent hotels...

Loading Sussex pumpkins bound for Thanksgiving pies

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Pumpkins have long been a cash crop for Sussex County farmers. This photograph from the mid-20th...

Musicians doing their thing in the 1930s

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Delaware’s Cape Region was alive with jazz music this past weekend between the Rehoboth Beach Jazz...

Nassau Colored School at Belltown in 1922

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Delaware’s schools were very much segregated in 1922 when this photograph was made for Delaware’s...

A Dewey Beach scene from 1959 along Rehoboth Bay

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This scene from 1959 show’s Wilson’s Pier along the upper reaches of Rehoboth Bay. It was a simple...

Lewes Drawbridge Beautification Project in the 1920s

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This DelDOT photograph from the early 1920s shows the Savannah Road drawbridge looking westward...

Traffic wasn’t as heavy back then

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All over Delaware, digital signs remind motorists that school is back in session now and it’s time...

Rehoboth Public School as it appeared in 1913

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The existing, but no longer used, sand-colored Rehoboth High School is slated for demolition this...

Harvesting Sussex soybeans in the 1920s

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Mechanical crop harvesting was just coming on the Sussex scene when Georgetown native Harold WT...

The early days of public education in Milton

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With school starting back up for the 2019-20 year, we thought it would be interesting to take a...

Rehoboth’s lifeguards during the Coach Coveleski era

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They’ve been keeping the beaches of Rehoboth safe for decades, and this summer is no different than...

Judging Delaware corn production in 1930

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Cornfields across Sussex County and throughout Delaware are maturing now, ahead of the harvest...

DelDOT no stranger to working on Five Points messes

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Delaware’s Department of Transportation continues to work on engineering solutions to make traffic...

Summertime is beach time: in Lewes now and then

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This picture postcard from the George and Irene Caley Collection was postmarked 1909 and was sent...

Picking Delaware peaches in the mid 20th century

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This photograph from the Delaware Economic Development Office Collection shows a group of...

The latest in farm equipment, mid-20th century

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If it’s the last part of July and it’s hotter than blazes, it must be State Fair time in Delaware...

A scene of Lewes Creek and downtown Lewes in 1906

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This postcard, mailed in 1906, features a photograph taken from the Lewes Beach side of Lewes Creek...

An Amish wheat field west of Dover in 1985

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The 2019 barley and wheat harvest in Sussex County and throughout the rest of Delaware is mostly...

A Repurposed Railroad Car in Rehoboth Beach in 1922

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This picture postcard, postmarked 1922, shows a repurposed railroad car set up as a cottage on the...

A prominent destination in Lewes in 1907

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This postcard from 1907 shows the Hotel Rodney at the corner of Front Street and what is now known...

Hospital gardens are important for healing

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Maybe it has something to do with the Garden of Eden but we sure do like gardens and Delaware is a...

The early days of Cape Henlopen State Park

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This photograph from the 1960s shows the earliest entrance to Cape Henlopen State Park, just after...

One photo, two things to worry about

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Delaware’s General Assembly goes back into session this week for its final run leading up to its...

Picking strawberries on a Bridgeville farm

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Memorial Day Weekend means honoring those dead who have served in our armed forces, the beginning...

Milton-Ellendale segment of Queen Anne’s Railroad...

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In January 2019, Delmarva Central Railroad took over operation of the railroad spur line between...

Early manufactured housing in Delaware

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This postcard from the early 1950s shows the Dover Air Force Base Henry Massey family outside of...

Rehoboth’s Hotel Bellhaven as it appeared in 1913

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The Papajohn Family in Rehoboth Beach has proposed construction of a new four-story hotel at its...

Route 14 bridge over Lewes-Rehoboth Canal in 1970

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Lloyd Teitsworth and Dee Andrews made thousands of aerial photographs in the spring of 1970 in an...

Artist Howard Schroeder and his family back in 1982

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Famed Delaware artist Howard Schroeder and his wife, Marian, celebrated their 40th wedding...

The state of public education in Harbeson in 1926

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All of the school construction underway in Cape Henlopen School District and roadwork in full tilt...

Season coming for relaxing in the shade

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This postcard from the mid 1900s is a reminder of how long there has been camping - and people to...

Shad nets hanging for cleaning and drying in New Castle

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This picture postcard from the early 1900s shows nets for the annual spring spawning season hanging...

Here’s a Seaford baseball scene from the early 1920s

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The Major League Baseball season is about to begin. Players have been stretching their muscles and...

A painting of the Carpenters’ Shell House from the...

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A recent Barefootin’ column ( www.capegazette.com/node/175534 ) focused on the Carpenter family’s...

One of the Green Book’s stops in Sussex County

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The Green Book recently earned the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year from the Academy of...

Cape’s state championship girls basketball team in 1973

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Cape Gazette Sports Editor Emeritus Dave Frederick published this photo on March 11, 2011 when the...

In the dead of winter, cutting rates for business

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This postcard from the mid-20th century is a little far afield for the Cape Gazette but as Delaware...

A Dewey scene familiar to Alice Walsh in the mid 1900s

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An explanation on the back of this postcard from the 1950s reports that the view is looking toward...

Rehoboth Airport from the air in the 1960s

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A recent historic photograph in the Cape Gazette showed the Rehoboth Airport - in black and white...

Interior of Groome Methodist Protestant Church in 1945

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Most people are aware of Groome United Methodist Church because of the land its congregation has...