Your Delaware Postcard

Date Posted: Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

 

George Luther Caley was a well-known genealogist, author, local historian and an avid postcard collector. During his lifetime, George supported many causes to preserve and share history on the Delmarva Peninsula. He and his wife, Irene, were Friends and volunteers at the Delaware Public Archives. When George passed away in 2005, the future of his life’s work was uncertain.  Irene Caley generously donated George’s collection of Delaware and Delmarva postcards to The Delaware Public Archives to ensure public access to the images and for long-term preservation. View Collection

Postcards are a charming relic of a world without digital cameras and mobile internet. With the tap of a finger, people are now sharing their images in real time. Smartphones and social media have changed the way we tell our stories. Postcards have been replaced by photo text messaging, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, just to name a few.

Share your stories, adventures and everyday life with us as we build a collection of digital images of life in Delaware. Upload your images to our Facebook page, use #PostcardDE on Twitter, or email us at: PostcardDE@delaware.gov. We’ll add your images to our Flickr album and we might even feature your images as part of our exhibit. Don’t forget to include your name and where you took the photo – just like a postcard! And of course, don’t send us anything you wouldn’t send your mother.

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