Printed caption: "The attempt to move the county government from New Castle to Wilmington was bitterly opposed by many. Legislative bills, referenda, and Grand Jury reccomendations were prepared to no avail until, in February 1879, the General...
Printed caption: "On Bedford Street in Georgetown, just off the public square, is an old, shingled house. Once it was one of the most important buildings in Sussex County, for it was built as the County Court House in 1791 and used as such for...
Map of mine workings under the St. Clair tract. Original in TN823.P4A2. Used in A. F. C. Wallace, St. Clair: A nineteenth-century coal town's experience with a disaster-prone industry (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987)
Written caption: "Looking southward along properties extending through from King Street. Entire block was removed as site for City and County Building. At the time and before removal the OddFellows had erected a new building at corner of 10th and...
Caption on back: "11th and French Streets. Site of present city and county building. Picture taken at French Street, corner of 11th, looking southward along properties extending through from King Street. Entire block was removed as site for [new]...
The album contains photographs taken during an inspection trip made by a party from the Coal Lands Securities Company to properties in West Virginia owned by the Lackawanna Coal and Lumber Company and the Highland Lumber Company. This trip was made...
