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Home > Historical Tidbits > Places > 1878 – Bird’s Eye View of Delavan

1878 – Bird’s Eye View of Delavan

1878 & 1975 Aerial Views of Delavan

Photo of 1878 Delavan

This bird's eye view of Delavan was taken of the intersection of B Street and Dickey Street in 1878

You are looking to the southeast.

The house in the right foreground is 212 N. Dickey Street and still exists today.

Photo of 1975 Delavan

This aerial view of Delavan was taken around 1975.

You are looking to the northeast with Locust Street running from the mid-foreground toward the top of the photo.

Citation:

Delavan : a Bicentennial Community (Delavan, Illinois: Delavan Community Historical Society, 1976), 4-6.

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