Aerial maps of Delaware, spanning from 1937 to the present, are available in an online digital archives maintained by the Delaware Environmental Monitoring and Analysis Center. Initially captured during flights flown over the region, the photography shows what the region looked like at various points. Typically termed orthophotography once the data has been geocorrected, the…
Old U.S. Geological Survey Images from Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Online
The U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) Photographic Library in Denver, CO has a helpful collection of digitized photographs available for researchers. These images, beginning in 1868, provide a visual history of the discovery, development and science of the United States and its Geological Survey. There are over 400,000 pictures in the collection and some have…
Delaware African-American Newspapers Chronicle the Local Story
Delaware has a strong collection of old newspapers available for historical and genealogical research. These serials, including the city dailies in Wilmington and many weeklies in communities all over New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties, provide an invaluable resource for those studying the past. But, too, there is a seldom-used collection of African-American newspapers published…
Online References for the Study of Temperance and Prohibition
As a visiting scholar and member of the speakers’ bureau at the Delaware Humanities Forum, I lecture on several subjects examining the past in the First State. The one on temperance and prohibition has received lots of attention lately, as organizations invite me to outline historical attempts to regulate the consumption of alcohol. This subject…