This document provides a pictorial history of Wilmington, Delaware through various photographs and drawings spanning from the late 17th century to the late 20th century. It shows the early settlement and development of the city, including Old Swedes Church from 1698, a 1772 map, and depictions from the 1780s. It then transitions to show the growth of industry and population through images of the DuPont company's early offices, workers' housing, and various street scenes showcasing the city's architecture and landmarks over time.

1. A Pictorial History of Wilmington

4. Old Swedes Church (built 1698) seen here in 1938.

5. Map of the city of Wilmington, 1772

6. Wilmington scene depicted in Harper’s Weekly magazine, 1780s

7. 1830 depiction of the Brandywine Mills by Bass Otis

8. Old Town Hall (built 1799), depicted on a 1801 map of Wilmington.

9. The first office of the DuPont Company.

10. Bancroft mills workers’ housing.

11. Earliest photograph of Wilmington, Market Street, ca, 1839

12. Near Jackson and 9th streets, ca. 1860s

13. Walnut and Front streets, ca. 1860. Looking over rooftops of stores, homes, and businesses, toward the northwest. Second Baptist Church Central Presbyterian Town Hall Trinity Episcopal

14. Bird’s eye view print of city, ca. 1865. Old Swedes Church Fourth Street Market Street

15. Market Street from the wharf, 1867

16. East Water Street, along the tracks.

17. Shipbuilding at Harlan and Hollingsworth, Late 19th century

18. Harlan and Hollingsworth office and shops on Front Street

19. Apple Street, a typical immigrant/blue collar street

20. A view of the city from Maryland Avenue, 1870s.

21. Spacious homes along Delaware Avenue, 1890s

22. Tracks, businesses and homes along Front and Walnut streets, 1884

23. Looking toward the Christina River from Walnut and Water streets, 1884.

24. Christina River front in 1893

25. Wilmington’s first electric trolley car in front of The Ebbitt Hotel, on the site of the DuPont Company building, 1888

26. 4th Street at Market Street, 1887

27. Market Street from 400 block looking south, 1890s

28. Market Street in 1905 decorated for a Civil War Veterans Reunion

29. Downtown stores and businesses, early 1900s.

30. Postcard views of the city around 1910

31. Downtown moves uptown to 9th and Market streets, 1918.

32. View of 10th and King streets in 1910 looking north, showing the old juxtaposed alongside the new. The DuPont Company building is at the far left, the Court House in the center, and early homes line King Street.

33. The DuPont Company building including the office space, hotel, ballroom and theater, towers over its neighbors. Photograph taken in 1919 just after the old court house was torn down.

34. Homes along 2nd Street, ca. 1900

35. New housing goes up At 20th and Harrison streets… and along Franklin Street in the early 1910s.

36. Wilmington Police on duty at 4th and Market streets ca. 1920

37. Along parade route on 4th Street Market & 9th streets 808 Market Street Aldine Theater, 837 Market Street

38. King Street near 6th Street August Quarterly Market near 20th Street Boys waiting for a movie

39. World War II era American Car and Foundry Wendell Wilkie Campaign stop Shopping at 6th and Market Street

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41. Victory Europe VE Day May 8, 1945 Looking from theDelaware Trust Building toward the DuPont Building

42. Looking at the Delaware Avenue split from two vantage points.

43. Shoppers at Market and 7th streets, 1950

44. The Rialto Theater was at 220 Market Street. In its earliest years it was a first run theater, but it closed in 1982.

46. Aerial view from near Shipley and 12th streets, 1950s

47. Looking north from 2nd Street along Market Street, 1967

48. National Guard patrol at 6thand Market streets, 1968.

49. The I.M. Pei Building, 12th & Market streets in 1972, the beginning of the Brandywine Gateway projects.

51. The Eleventh Street Plaza 1976

52. Looking north from 14th Street toward the Brandywine Gateway, 1988

53. Ships Tavern District Keeping what is intact and working to make it viable again.

54. A few more glimpses of our history…

55. Shipley at 2ndstreet, 1860s-70s. Men in Civil War uniforms stand outside the house.

56. Looking north along Market Street toward the Brandywine River bridge, late 19th century.

57. Millers houses in Brandywine Village, 1893

58. Scene along the Christina River about 1900 Old Swedes Church

59. Market at 8th Street before 1906

60. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station Ca. 1900

61. Howard High School, 1940

62. King Street, south of 8th Street, 1949

63. 11th Street from King Street, 1970

64. Weep not that the world changes- did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep. William Cullen Bryant