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Public Libraries of Delaware
Zero Carnegie buildings. Few library cards.
Bridgeville
![Bridgeville, DE library, housed in a fomer church building.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67b9c5_1b006973892d4483addd7c1b07292ff3.jpg/v1/fill/w_236,h_153,al_c,q_80,enc_auto/67b9c5_1b006973892d4483addd7c1b07292ff3.jpg)
1866 church, converted in 1917 to library use. Replaced in 2007: still standing, and on the National Register of Historic Places.
Dexter Press card with photograph by F.W. Brueckmann.
Laurel
Originally a project of Laurel's New Century Club (1909-1932) this library building served from 1951-2006. I don't know if it is still extant.
The postcard was mailed in 1956. If it hadn't been for its postmark, I wouldn't have known it featured a Delaware library.
![Laurel, DE public library](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67b9c5_2f0a8437d7514e43bee4277e2060174c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_60,h_38,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/laureldepl.jpg)
New Castle
![New Castle, DE's octagonal library building](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67b9c5_2edc6e7898684af0b1020be6af89bea2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_62,h_39,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/newcastledepl.jpg)
This 1892 building, with its library function petered out post-WWII, now serves as a museum. It is believed to be a Frank Furness design. A new Library was built in 1965.
The bedraggled postcard bears an evenly divided back and was printed by George A. Wolf.
Newark
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Also featuring the Newark Academy. It was built in 1769, and no longer houses the city library.
1931 Curt Teich 'Photo-Finish' card, mailed in 1940.
Wilmington
![Wilmington, DE public library](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67b9c5_ad52907490314d42953375f239d9254a.jpg/v1/fill/w_61,h_38,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/67b9c5_ad52907490314d42953375f239d9254a.jpg)
This building was built in 1923, and was renovated in 2012. Technically, it's a corporation.
Everyone incorporates in Delaware.
Del Mar News Agency linen finish card, mailed in 1947.