WR 53: Historic Slides of Worcester County collection |
1 carton (1 cubic feet)
(1890– 1980)
Worcester County Library: Genealogy and Local History Collection, Snow Hill Branch, Snow Hill, MD
Identifier: |
WR 53 |
Creator(s): |
See individual slide |
Acquisition: |
The Historic Slides of Worcester County collection was donated to the library over a period of 20 years. See staff for specific donor information. |
Language(s): | English |
Use: | Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Worcester County Library which extends beyond “fair use”. |
Preferred Citation: |
“Item, collection name, [Box #, Folder #,] Worcester County Library, Snow Hill Branch, Snow Hill, Maryland.” |
Attribution: |
Finding aid written by Alec Staley, March 2021. |
Related Materials: | WR 53 Historic Postcard collection |
Separated Materials: | None. |
The Historic Slides of Worcester County collection contains ~3000 photographs of Worcester County, Maryland. The photographs are of important events in Worcester County history from 1890-1980. Many photographs that have been donated to the collection are not physically located at Worcester County Library. There are overlaps of these slides with other collections relating to photographs. For more information on this, please contact the Snow Hill Library.
About ~1000 slides are of Worcester County Library during many years. These photographs cover the opening of new buildings, remodeling, and other interesting events for Worcester County Library from 1960-1980.
The slides are digitized and can be viewed on our Flickr page here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/worcestercountylibrarymaryland/collections/72157714672881651/
The Historic Slides of Worcester County collection is organized by location, then by date of donation.
The “Worcester County” folder contains slides on smaller towns and/or of unmarked locations.
Folders are listed by their location in each box; any given subject may be dispersed throughout the entirety of the collection.
Box 1
1. Library 1-300
2. Library 301-600
3. Library 601-900
4. Library 901-1166
5. Worcester County 1-286
6. Worcester County 287-485
7. Snow Hill 1-286
8. Snow Hill 287-377
9. Berlin 1-229
10. Pocomoke City 1-289
11. Ocean City 1-168
12. Ocean City 169-339
13. Newark 1-66
14. Public Landing 1-54
15. Furnace Town 1-73
16. Assateague 1-47
17. Eastern Shore 1-24
18. Miscellaneous