1957: Concord Avenue, Wilmington

This footage from 1957 shows a Works Progress Administration (WPA) report of Concord Avenue in Wilmington, DE, as well as buildings and a church, detour and road construction, pavement being laid on roads, and the Hearn Brothers Supermarket.

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Note: While the footage is unedited the original film had no sound, so we added in some music for the background.

Resource Identifier: 1540-000-001_004mp

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