When the Spanish Influenza hit Delaware in 1918, the surge devastated Wilmington and overwhelmed city hospitals. With sickness everywhere that October, doctors and ambulances could not keep up. Gongs rang continuously on the streets day and night as the emergency vehicles rushed the most critical cases to Homeopathic, Delaware, and Physicians’ and Surgeons’ hospitals. This…
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Delaware Women on Juries for the First Time
Although women gained the right to vote in 1920, they had to push for equal rights when it came to jury duty. The new voting privilege did not automatically allow them to sit on juries or hold office in many places. The Baltimore Sun reported: “Merely because she may help decide who shall be elected…
The Flickr Commons Has Many Old Photographs and Postcards
As a result of developing research materials for centuries many of the nation’s largest public libraries have vast collections of photographs and postcards from earlier times. These items, which are helpful to those digging into the past, have always been available, safely preserved and stored away for visiting patrons. But now access is greatly enhanced…
Milford Public LIbrary Digitizes Old Delaware Newspaper
The Milford Public Library has greatly increased the usability of an important research resource by digitizing its collection of local newspapers. The new products, replacing the old, original microfilm, are not available on the web, so e-copies must be used on a computer workstation at the library. The town on the line between Kent and Sussex counties…