Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs

Delaware Cape Region History in Photographs, published every Tuesday in the Cape Gazette, features historical photos from Delaware's Cape Region - particularly - and from throughout Sussex County and Delaware generally.

Readers are invited to submit photos of historic interest. They can be mailed to the Cape Gazette at PO Box 213, Lewes, DE 19958, or via email to newsroom@capegazette.com.

An idealized photograph of pre-1950s Rehoboth Beach

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One date associated with information included with this postcard in the Caley collection indicates...

Rehoboth’s Lake Gerar in the mid 1900s

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This postcard shows the Children’s Fishing Pier at Lake Gerar in Rehoboth Beach sometime in the...

Seining for fish at Bowers Beach in 1917

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There was a time in Delaware when people hauled long nets along the shoreline to catch trout, blues...

Rehoboth Beach with a train in the early 1920s

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We have railroads on the mind this week. Crews have been pulling up the crossing equipment related...

Public schools have to be replaced from time to time

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With schools in the news this week because of the Cape referendum, here’s a reminder that schools...

Rehoboth Beach Easter Promenade winners in 1953

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Ginnie Savage Caras sent us this photo recently. Shown are winners of the Easter Promenade in...

A new sign for Lewes posted during 1976 Bicentennial

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Esthelda Parker-Selby brought in this clipping recently from a 1976 edition of The Whale newspaper...

The marina at Indian River Inlet in mid-1950s

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This picture postcard from the mid-1950s shows the marina on the north side of Indian River Inlet...

Milton and the Broadkill River in 1913

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This postcard with a postmark dated 1913 shows downtown Milton looking westward from a point on the...

Rehoboth’s Park Avenue in the early 1900s

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Park Avenue in Rehoboth Beach, one of the city's last dirt streets, was in the news recently...

Delaware football 116 years ago

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It’s a footbally time of the year across the nation with National Football League playoffs in full...

Early 1900s winter ice threatening boardwalk and...

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Lewes Historical Society Executive Director Mike DiPaolo sent along this photograph showing another...

A graphic reminder of what January cold snaps can bring

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This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) satellite image shows the mid-Atlantic...

The Circle in Georgetown when it was still called...

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This image of the center of Georgetown - Sussex County's seat of government - appeared on a picture...

A holiday card from Beebe when the hospital was 12

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In 1928, when Beebe Hospital in Lewes was 12 years old, Drs. James and Richard Beebe and their...

Island Field site archaeological work in late 1960s

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Nick Roth’s article, “ Unearthing the past ,” detailed historic gravesite finds at the 17th century...

Installing sewer in Lewes in 1928

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With water and wastewater infrastructure replacement work underway in Lewes, it’s a reminder of how...

Drawbridge over the canal in Lewes in 1933

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There has been a lot of discussion recently about spending millions of dollars to refurbish the...

Sussex County drive-in theater from the past

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With the debut of the Movies at Midway's new Cube theater using the latest in film technology, here...

A flock of Sussex County turkeys ready for the holidays

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This photograph from the mid-1900s shows that Sussex County agriculture isn't just about growing...

In 1970, pilots operated from their offshore...

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This photograph from the Delaware Project shows the pilot ship Philadelphia at anchor near the...

Watching for forest fires in Sussex in 1970

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The West Coast isn't the only part of the country that has been concerned about forest fires...

Corn harvesting in Delaware before combines

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This photograph from the Delaware Economic Development Collection shows a Delaware farmer picking...

Early efforts at preserving remains of HMS DeBraak

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In 1985, salvagers used emerging sidescan sonar technology to sleuth out the location of the sunken...

Delaware’s poultry industry in its earliest days

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This photograph from May 11, 1928 shows state-of-the-art, commercial-level poultry facilities as...

Lewes’ foray into public art in 1975 didn’t end well

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In 1975, in anticipation of the nation's 200th anniversary in 1976, Lewes Historical Society...

Nanticoke Indian Powwow in 1994

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The Nanticoke Indian Association celebrated its 40th annual Powwow last weekend near the shores of...

Route 9, Georgetown to Lewes, in the 1920s

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Raining and flooding cause problems in lots of areas. With last weekend’s rain, and all eyes now on...

Lewes’ 1812 Park in an earlier iteration

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This colorized one-cent post card from the early 1900s shows the cannons in the 1812 Park in Lewes...

Looking north and west across Five Points in 1964

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The above photo is how the Five Points intersection looked in October of 1964, not long after...

Lewes drawbridge, looking toward the beach, in 1925

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There has been a lot of discussion in the news lately about bridges in Delaware’s Cape Region. This...

The peak of watermelon season in Laurel in 1905

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Sussex County farmers load 20- to 40-pound watermelons aboard rail cars bound for mid-Atlantic...

The beach has been cheap fun for kids forever

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This 1934 picture post card from Rehoboth Beach demonstrates why people - dating back to Native...

New bridge over Broadkill River

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This photo from the Delaware Project shows the Route 14 (later Route 1) bridge over Broadkill River...

Five Points, looking northbound, in the 1950s

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This photograph from the archives of Delaware’s Department of Transportation shows the Route 9 and...

Ferry and Fish Products factory in March 1970

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In March of 1970, Lloyd Treitsworth and Dee Andrews flew up and down the state of Delaware...

Shipping Sussex County watermelons from Laurel in...

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Many people will be eating watermelon over the upcoming July Fourth holiday weekend. Sussex County’...

An 1841 map showing Chesapeake and Delaware Canal

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The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is one of the busiest canals in the world. This 1841 map shows...

Oldest Civil War veteran in Memorial Day parade

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George Washington Baker was in his 90s when this photograph was taken of him riding in the back of...

Learning baking at an early Rehoboth school

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After World War I, in the 1920s, Pierre S. DuPont, according to Delaware Public Archives materials...

Zwaanendael Museum in Lewes in March of 1970

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Lloyd Teitsworth and Dee Andrews flew all over Delaware in March of 1970 taking aerial photographs...

Recreational boating on Herring Creek in early 1920s

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Charles William Hodge made lots of photographs in Delaware in the early 1920s. His subjects varied...

Rehoboth Beach bridge construction in 1924

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In an area riddled with so much water, bridges play an important role in getting people to their...

The Jolly Trolley in a mid-20th century postcard

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The Jolly Trolley, which provides a variety of transportation services along the Delaware Coast,...

Delaware Snapshot: Rollin’ On The River

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Steamboats do big business in the spring of 1926 along the river at Wilmington, where Captain...

Parading Easter finery in Rehoboth Beach in mid-20th...

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For decades, the Rehoboth Beach Easter Promenade brought crowds to the resort to celebrate the...

Rehoboth’s Shaw Park before it was Grove Park

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Throughout much of the 1900s, Rehoboth’s Grove Park, just north of Rehoboth Avenue and adjacent to...

Fishing trips used to be more formal than they are...

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Charles William Hodge was an amateur photographer who lived in Dover. He was a mechanic by trade,...

Springtime means shad in Delaware

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Halleluia, spring is here! That means the fish are starting to run in our rivers and creeks:...

March storms are no stranger to Delaware coast

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When late winter storms roll across the mid-Atlantic coast, like this week’s storm, thoughts along...

Dewey Beach’s Redwood Lodge in 1955

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This promotional picture postcard from 1955 shows the Redwood Lodge Motel on the Coastal Highway in...

Milton advertising for boat slips in the 1960s

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It’s the time of the year when people begin looking at boating advertisements and start dreaming...

St. Agnes by the Sea and Brooklyn Avenue in the 1930s

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Sheila Zeytinoglu sent this picture postcard along over the weekend after reading about the house...

In the spirit of the Grammys and Valentine’s Day

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This photograph from the 1940s shows a musical group known as the Harmony Five. Information...

Sussex Correctional Institution and Alms House in 1970

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This photograph from the archives of the Delaware Economic Development Office shows the entrance to...

Lewes marker placed in 1931 commemorated

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Between discussions of the Mexican wall and the executive order affecting travel to the U.S. from...

Sussex rabbit hunters circa 1910

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The 2016-17 hunting season continues in Sussex County as January fogs, ices and snows its way...

The inauguration of Gov. J. Caleb Boggs in 1957

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James Caleb "Cale" Boggs was inaugurated for his second term as governor of Delaware in 1957. This...

Clearing snow from Delaware roads in 1932

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Delaware, particularly Sussex County, experienced its first significant snowfall of the 2016-17...

A four-masted schooner undergoing repairs in Wilmington

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Whether it was on the banks of the Broadkill, Lewes Creek, Mispillion River or Christina River,...