Jul 17, 2018 · Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk from Belhaven on Aug. 30, 1931. Provided By The Delaware Public Archives You once really could go under the boardwalk at Rehoboth Beach, as this 1931 photo shows.

If you grew up enjoying America's "summer capital", you'll enjoy browsing these historic photos of Rehoboth Beach. Check out a few of our favorites from the archives below. The Boardwalk has been a Rehoboth Beach landmark for years.

Jan 12, 2024 · Here is a collection of vintage photos featuring Rehoboth Beach from The News Journal's photo archives

Description: The Merrimac and the Severn on the beach at Brooklyn Avenue after storm. The Severn was later towed away. The residue of the Merrimac is still there. Date: undated Collection: Purnell Collection – Box 25, Folder 15

Apr 18, 2018 · The view is from the balcony of the former Belhaven Hotel which stood on the south side of Rehoboth Avenue at its intersection with the Boardwalk. Most notable is the lack of the iconic Dolle's sign atop the building opposite the Belhaven, on …

View looking down beach in Rehoboth Beach, Del., showing bathers in sand and boardwalk with shops. Collection(s) DHS (Delaware Historical Society) Photograph Collection, 1850-2000

View of boardwalk with full beach. Preferred citation: [Title and Date, Local Identifier], Delaware Historical Society Photograph Collection, Delaware Historical Society, Wilmington, Delaware. …

Apr 5, 2019 · Rehoboth Beach was initially a religious seaside resort. In 1873, Reverend Robert Paul, purchased over 400 acres north of the Rehoboth Bay and incorporated a religious society called the “Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church.”

May 2, 2023 · The evolution of Rehoboth from a popular fishing village for Native Americans to a farm to a Methodist camp meeting association to the Nation’s Summer Capital has been well documented in historic writings, newspapers, photographs and postcards such as this one. This image shows what the Boardwalk would’ve looked like in the 1930s.

Aug 29, 2023 · This is what the east end of Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth Beach looked like a century ago. This Delaware Public Archives photograph is purportedly from the 1920s, showing the original Belhaven Hotel on the south side of the Avenue. The town was...