Photos from 1930s

Photos and captions on this page are provided courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives. C. Douglass Buck Governor C. Douglass Buck signed the Proclamation making December Seventh Delaware Day on December 4, 1933. C. Douglass Buck served as Governor of Delaware from 1929 to 1937.  Governor Richard McMullen w/Students Governor Richard McMullen is seen in […]

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News from 1933

Delaware Day was widely reported in local Delaware newspapers in December of 1933. The Delaware Public Archives has microfilm of these newspapers and below are reproductions of the news about Delaware Day’s founding and the first Delaware Day. Choose any newspaper front page below to read the article about Delaware Day that is being highlighted.

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