The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. The list below is just a sample of the many Delaware resources available for free on the Library's Web site.
The tools at the end of the page can help teachers use these in the classroom. Teachers can find even more primary sources, along with the tools to help use them in the classroom, at www.loc.gov/teachers. They can also search the Library's American Memory or Prints and Photographs collections.

Wilmington, Del. 1874. H.H. Bailey & Co. artists, 1874
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State of Delaware
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The Bright Rehoboth Beach, 1874 |

Port Mahon Lighthouse, c1933
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Interviewee was born in Laurel DE and continues to live there. Interview touches on local impact of WWII service. |
![Old-Time Life in a Quaker Town. [Harper's new monthly magazine. / Volume 62, Issue 368, January 1881] by Howard Pyle](images/church.jpg)
Old-Time Life in a Quaker Town. [Harper's new monthly magazine. / Volume 62, Issue 368, January 1881] by Howard Pyle
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Caesar Rodney was a Delaware signer of the Declaration of Independence. |

Mill on the Brandywine, Delaware, 1828 |

Two News Girls, same as #1539. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine, 1910 |

Migratory agricultural workers during the apple season at a camp near Bridgeville, Delaware, 1940 |

A plan of the west line or parallel of latitude, which is the boundary between the provinces of Maryland and Pensylvania, 1768 |

Mabel Vernon Speaking at Suffrage Rally, May, 1916 |
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