Nylon fashion for baby, circa 1950s
“…This baby is well dressed for any occasion in candy striped rumba sun suit of crisp nylon plisse that washes easily, dries quickly and needs no ironing.”
Selections from Hagley Museum and Library's Digital Archives
March 20, 2013
March 14, 2013
Happy Pi Day! Children compete in a pie eating contest, circa 1930s.
November 2, 2012
Dad planting corn with Eleanor Seal, circa 1920s
September 28, 2012
September 21, 2012
Stamp Out Prohibition!
Children and police officers posing with car decorated with anti-Prohibition slogans. Possibly in front of DuPont Building in Wilmington, Delaware in the 1930s. Click to see more from our Hagley Digital Images collection.
September 3, 2012
August 28, 2012
Girl with doll pram, circa 1930s
Part of our William H. Seal Photograph Collection, which features images taken by the Seal family in the early part of the 20th century. Click here to browse the collection.
August 13, 2012
Surf Fishing in Cape May, New Jersey 1940
View more historical images of the mid-Atlantic region in our Zebley-Hoffecker Collection.
July 25, 2012
Kiddyland Sketch, circa 1920s
A sketch by industrial designer Thomas Lamb, most likely for Good Housekeeping Magazine. In the 1920s, Lamb signed a contract with the magazine to illustrate a series of Kiddyland cartoons.
To see more of Thomas Lamb’s work, click here to visit our Universal Design collection.
June 22, 2012
Delaware State Fair Dog Show entry with his owner, 1919
