Confederate Monument, Jacksonville, Alabama Town Square

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This postcard is a sepia toned image of a Confederate Monument in Jacksonville, Alabama Town Square at the unveiling ceremony in 1909 of the Jacksonville, Alabama Confederate Monument, with young boys and girls around wreaths participating in the ceremonies of the unveiling. The monument is the statue of a Confederate soldier on top of a tall, white pedestal. The back of the card is addressed to Mrs. N. L. Dawson in Birmingham, Alabama. The card is postmarked Mardian RPO, September 28, 1909 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is across the top edge and on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

[across the top] This is the Confederate Monument erected by John Forney Chapter, UDC’s. [on the left side] On 12th instant, there arrived, in the town of J’ville Dean Edwards, My grand nephew, the finest boy in the land. M. E. V.

ISBN

postcard

Publication Date

1909

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Soldiers' monuments--Southern States

Keywords

Confederate monuments

Geographic Location

postcard

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1909-09-28_Postcard-Confederate-Monument_001

First Page

postcard

Last Page

postcard

Location of Original

postcard

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 3, Miscellaneous

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Recommended Citation

Confederate Monument, Jacksonville, Alabama Town Square, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University