{"id":1145,"date":"2013-06-11T00:49:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T00:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2013-06-12T02:44:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T02:44:38","slug":"thousands-of-delaware-picture-postcards-depict-state-history-at-public-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/thousands-of-delaware-picture-postcards-depict-state-history-at-public-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Digital Delaware Picture Postcards Depict State History at Public Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1148\" style=\"width: 289px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/caley-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1148\" alt=\"caley 1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/caley-1.jpg?resize=289%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"289\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/caley-1.jpg?w=801&amp;ssl=1 801w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/caley-1.jpg?resize=658%2C800&amp;ssl=1 658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lighthouse &amp; Keeper&#8217;s House at Taylor&#8217;s Bridge. Source: Delaware Public Archives, George Caley Postcard Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The D<a href=\"http:\/\/archives.delaware.gov\/\">elaware Public Archives<\/a>, a special collections institution that provides outstanding leadership in creating digital products to support the study of First State heritage, has just launched another valuable resource.\u00a0 It is the George Luther Caley Postcard Collection, a group of almost 7,000 twentieth century images of the State and Delmarva.<\/p>\n<p>George, a Smyrna resident, was a well-known genealogist, author and local historian and an avid postcard collector.\u00a0 During his life-time, he assembled this valuable assortment of Delaware and Delmarva images.\u00a0 When he passed away in 2005, his wife generously donated the photos to the Delaware Public Archives.\u00a0 Now the professionals at this fine repository have made those images available to researchers on the World Wide Web.<\/p>\n<p>Picture postcards caught on about 1906 and remained popular, sought after items throughout the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 Itinerant photographers traveled the area, from the Peninsula\u2019s wide spots in the road to the larger towns, snapping up pictures of just about everything to supply the market.\u00a0 When people vacationed, they mailed those tiny items back home.\u00a0 Or when someone from Delaware corresponded with far away friends, they exchanged picture postcards of their towns.\u00a0 Toward the end of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century the items that had been stored away in trunks decades earlier started coming out of attics.\u00a0 Those tiny pieces of cardboard became valuable, sought-after collectibles as local history enthusiasts snapped up the historical pictures of the region, many of them nearly 100-years old.<\/p>\n<p>Now thanks to Mrs. Caley and\u00a0the\u00a0Delaware Public Archives this valuable\u00a0 collection has been carefully preserved and it is available to a wide audience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.delaware.gov\/postcards\/\">Click here to visit the postcard collection<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1149\" style=\"width: 964px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/caley.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1149\" alt=\"The Caley Postcard Collection Homepage at the Delaware Public Archives website\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/caley.jpg?resize=640%2C548&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/caley.jpg?w=964&amp;ssl=1 964w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/caley.jpg?resize=300%2C256&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/caley.jpg?resize=800%2C684&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Caley Postcard Collection Homepage at the Delaware Public Archives website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delaware Public Archives, a special collections institution that provides outstanding leadership in creating digital products to support the study of First State heritage, has just launched another valuable resource.\u00a0 It is the George Luther Caley Postcard Collection, a group of almost 7,000 twentieth century images of the State and Delmarva. 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