This exhibit is CLOSED.  For reference only.

Country Roads: The Mayor's Unemployment Relief Committee, 
rural road improvements projects, 1930-1932

As part of an effort to get out from under the grip of the Great Depression, the Mayor's Unemployment Relief Committee put unemployed men to work improving New Castle County roads.  On display in the Historical Society of Delaware's Willingtown Square Gallery are more than twenty-seven photographs of well-known New Castle county roadways as they appeared seventy years ago, before suburban sprawl changed the landscape. Stop by to see how many roads you recognize! 

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Above is just a small sample of the photos you can see at the Country Roads exhibit. 
Just click on the image to see a larger, more detailed view. 

The Willingtown Square Gallery is open Monday 1 - 9 p.m. and 
Tuesday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  
You can also visit on Saturdays by visiting the receptionist at 
Delaware History Museum first, but there is a charge for Saturday visits. 
Please call (302) 655-7161 for more information.

On view from January 15 through June, 2001.