A history of Bridgeville,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Bridgeville from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town of Bridgeville is the oldest community in western Sussex County. Records of land transactions which were made in the first quarter of the 18th century suggest that a significant agricultural community already existed in the area by that period. A small group of houses had been built along the present Main Street by the turn of the 19th century; this settlement was known as "Bridge Branch" for the nearby stream, which was crossed by a bridge as early as 1730. By 1804, the community had grown sufficiently to merit the establishment of a post office.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Bridgeville’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewA group of berry pickers at Newto…, 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Bridgeville
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Bridgeville, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as A group of berry pickers at Newton's Farm, Bridgeville, Del. 2 Children are 7 years of age. 2 Children are 8 years of a… (1910) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.