Archived Blog Posts:  September 2010


Date Posted: Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Yeah, you read that right. Delaware Tramp Art.  I had a patron come in the other day to show me this decorated cigar box.  It was her great-grandmothers.  It was made in Ellendale around 1890. It seems tramp art is very collectible. These decorative boxes were made by blue-collar workers as gifts for their sweethearts during the […]


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Date Posted: Friday, September 24th, 2010

Have you ever had a relative tell you what a great sports star they were and if it hadn’t been for that darn knee injury they’d have gone pro?  Well that’s exactly what happened the other day.  A kid came in to see if he could find information on his uncle. It seems his uncle keeps […]


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Date Posted: Friday, September 17th, 2010

Homework, seeing school buses on the roads, and the collective “YES” from parents all around: it’s back to school time!  We had a mother come in the other day after dropping her son off at school. There was a historic marker outside the school and she wanted to learn more. She looked at annual reports from […]


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Date Posted: Friday, September 10th, 2010

We expanded the Kent County Probate Collection so get ready to fill in some of the blanks in your genealogical chart and learn about the life and culture that existed in the post-World War II era.  The Delaware Public Archives has recently received a new group of Kent County Probates from the Kent County Register […]


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Date Posted: Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

So have you been to DMV lately to renew your driver’s license? You may have read about this in the newspapers.  On July 1, DMV started issuing the new secure driver license and identification cards.  Delaware is not the only state doing this.  We have been receiving calls from Delawareans in Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Maine, New Jersey, […]


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