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Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs
Lewes Little League barbecue in 1994
1 year ago
This photograph was recently found on a film roll in the Cape Gazette archives. It shows a Lewes...
Milton looks like Mayberry
1 year ago
The residents of Milton often refer to their town as Mayberry, a nod to the simpler, slower setting...
Queen Anne’s Railroad connected Milton with big cities
1 year ago
In February 1885, the Delaware Legislature authorized the Queen Anne's Railroad, a Maryland...
Ames thrived outside Rehoboth for decades
1 year ago
The lone remnant of the Ames department store outside Rehoboth Beach is Ames Drive in the Rehoboth...
Rehoboth lighthouse razed, rebuilt in 1996
1 year ago
The Cape Henlopen Lighthouse replica in the center of the Rehoboth Avenue roundabout has...
Cape Henlopen Lighthouse stands in 1926
1 year ago
Ninety-eight years ago April 13, the iconic Cape Henlopen Lighthouse fell from its perch on top of...
Zion Methodist Church burns near Milton in 1943
1 year ago
Just an hour before weekly Sunday service Oct. 10, 1943, Zion Methodist Church two miles east of...
Lewes High School baseball, softball takes field in...
1 year ago
Major League Baseball teams will take the field across the country to kick off the 2024 season this...
Maull House dates back to 18th century
1 year ago
The Maull House on Pilottown Road in Lewes is believed to have been built by Samuel Paynter, a...
First Street Station rises in Rehoboth
1 year ago
First Street Station has been a fixture in Rehoboth Beach since opening in 1997. Groundbreaking for...
Wyatt’s grocery store in Lewes
1 year ago
Walter Wyatt owned and operated a store at 123 Second St. in Lewes for a long time in the early to...
Nassau School served students until 1965
1 year ago
The Nassau School was built in 1922 near the current-day Five Points intersection outside Lewes. It...
William C. Jason High School served Black students
1 year ago
William C. Jason Comprehensive High School in Georgetown served the Black students of Sussex County...
St. Paul Church once thrived for African American...
1 year ago
In 1882, Charles Dunning Sr. and Charles Steward Sr. met with a group of inspired Christians and...
Jolly Jills parade draws big crowds to Lewes
1 year ago
The Jolly Jills Social Club, in conjunction with Lewes Junior High and William C. Jason...
UD wind turbine under construction in 2010
1 year ago
Offshore wind is a highly debated topic in the Cape Region right now. However, in the months...
Construction of Roosevelt Inlet’s jetties
1 year ago
This 1994 aerial photograph shows construction of the jetties at Roosevelt Inlet in Lewes...
Lewes theater thrived in mid-20th century
1 year ago
Rehoboth Beach had its share of movie theaters over the years, but many don’t know Lewes also had...
Route 1 before proliferation of shopping centers
1 year ago
This aerial photograph from the early 1990s shows Midway Shopping Center surrounded by open fields...
Cape Henlopen High School in 2007
1 year ago
The has been a lot of talk recently about the continued growth of the Cape Henlopen School District...
Dwight Howard wows at Slam Dunk 20 years ago
1 year ago
In its heyday, Slam Dunk to the Beach drew the very best of high school basketball talent. And...
Kathie Lee lights up the Rehoboth Christmas tree
1 year ago
Rehoboth Beach was center stage in 1996 when Kathie Lee Gifford brought a crew from her show, “Live...
Dewey Beach landmark transforms on Route 1
1 year ago
The historic Walsh property at the corner of Route 1 and Saulsbury Street in Dewey Beach is...
Five Points in the 1990s
1 year ago
These aerial photographs show the Five Points intersection near Lewes in 1994 and 1997. So much has...
Rehoboth Avenue Christmas scene of yesteryear
1 year ago
Now that Thanksgiving has passed, we are firmly in the holiday season. This holiday scene shows...
Queen Anne Pier in early 20th Century Lewes
1 year ago
The Queen Anne Railroad was formed in 1894 to connect passengers from Baltimore, Md., to Cape May,...
Welcome to Lewes Beach
1 year ago
Lewes is embroiled in controversy two years after city officials named the two guarded beaches –...
Rehoboth water fountain in the mid-20th century
1 year ago
For nearly a century, a water fountain has stood at the east end of Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth...
Oak Orchard was the place to be on Big Thursday
1 year ago
Oak Orchard has been in the news lately, as a developer is proposing to build 123 homes on a 57-...
Bird’s-eye view of early 20th century Lewes
1 year ago
This is most likely the second-earliest bird’s-eye view of Lewes ever made, according to the book...
Breaking ground for outlet shopping
1 year ago
It’s hard to imagine that the stretch of Route 1 between Lewes and Rehoboth Beach was once mostly...
Historic map shows lots for sale in Rehoboth Heights
1 year ago
In the 1920s, Rehoboth Beach was an up-and-coming community along Delaware’s coast. Founded as a...
Rehoboth Beach Saving Station in Dewey Beach
1 year ago
The original life-saving station at the end of Dagsworthy Street in Dewey Beach was commissioned in...
Before Grove Park, there was Shaw Park
1 year ago
Grove Park in Rehoboth Beach is meeting place for people of all ages, whether at the children’s...
White House Beach develops in Long Neck
1 year ago
The growth of the Long Neck area has been incredible over the last few decades. In 1970, White...
A familiar building in downtown Millsboro
1 year ago
Anyone who’s driven through downtown Millsboro should recognize this building at the corner of Main...
Broadkiln School served students near Milton
1 year ago
Students in the Cape Henlopen School district will head back to school Wednesday, Sept. 6. Many...
Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk 100 years ago
1 year ago
This is what the east end of Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth Beach looked like a century ago. This...
Walsmith’s opens in Rehoboth in 1948
1 year ago
Hundreds, if not thousands, of businesses have operated on Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth Beach since...
Henlopen Motor Lodge opens in 1959
1 year ago
The Henlopen Motor Lodge once operated in Rehoboth Beach next to the Henlopen Hotel. The lodge...
Railroad crossing at Cool Spring in 1924
1 year ago
There has been a lot of talk in recent years about the former railroad crossing at Route 9 in Cool...
Sailing to Lewes in the 1940s
1 year ago
Although the Savannah Road bridge is different, this Lewes background should look familiar to...
Legacy lives on at Delaware State Fair
1 year ago
The 2023 edition of the Delaware State Fair began July 20 and runs through Saturday, July 29, in...
Dolly’s Bait & Tackle Shop at Love Creek
1 year ago
A letter to the editor penned by Dr. James H. VanSciver appeared in the July 14 edition. In the...
Downtown Lewes in the 1930s
1 year ago
Just a week ago, this stretch of Second Street in downtown Lewes was filled with people of all ages...
Lewes celebrates Fourth of July in 1993
2 years ago
The Cape Gazette hit newsstands on Memorial Day weekend in 1993. And since that time, our staff has...
Replacing the Rehoboth Boardwalk in the 1980s
2 years ago
A lot of work goes into making the Rehoboth Boardwalk one of the premier oceanfront attractions on...
Rehoboth-Indian Beach Club thrived before WWII
2 years ago
Rehoboth-Indian Beach Club was once a popular destination for the Delaware elite in the southern...
Fort Miles chapel still stands today
2 years ago
In its hey day, Fort Miles in today’s Cape Henlopen State Park had just about everything a solider...
Memories of Rehoboth Beach grande dames live on
2 years ago
“An Early Rehoboth Love Story,” a local history lecture delivered Jan. 12 at the Boardwalk Plaza...
Arthur Morris’ Rexall Drugs store in Lewes
2 years ago
If these buildings look familiar, it’s because they’re still standing on Second Street in Lewes...
Lewes Beach in 1970
2 years ago
Lewes Beach is quite a bit different today than it was in this 1970 photograph. Spanning from Iowa...
Rehoboth’s minor league baseball team
2 years ago
Rehoboth Beach had a low-level minor league baseball team for three years in the late 1940s,...
Dallin’s images offer peek into early 20th century
2 years ago
The aerial photographs of pilot J. Victor Dallin have been featured in the pages of the Cape...
German U-boat surrenders in Delaware Bay
2 years ago
The eyes of the country were on Fort Miles in May 1945 when a German U-boat carrying 61 officers...
Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk in the 1930s
2 years ago
The sesquicentennial of Rehoboth Beach’s origins was May 1, the day in 1873 that a lot selection...
Camp bugler calls the troops of Fort Miles
2 years ago
That’s quite a bugle. This undated image shows the camp bugler at Fort Miles during World War II...
Milton Theatre in June 1956
2 years ago
The Milton Theatre unveiled its brand-new balcony April 11 after more than a year of construction...
Cape Henlopen Lighthouse fell 97 years ago
2 years ago
On April 13, 1926, the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse fell into the Atlantic Ocean. Built in 1765, it was...
Rehoboth Beach’s longtime Easter tradition
2 years ago
In what looks like a scene from the Polar Bear Plunge, this photograph from the 1950s shows a...
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