Title

One and ¾ miles of L. & N. (Louisville and Nashville) Track Washed away. Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Authors

Files

Description

This black and white postcard features a damaged railroad bridge over the open water. The title along the bottom of the card reads "One and¾ miles of L. & N. (Louisville and Nashville) Track Washed away. Bay St. Louis, Miss." The back identifies the item as a postcard and provides indication for correspondence, address, and postage stamp placement. The month and year is handwritten in the lower right corner.

Publication Date

1947

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Postcards; Railroad Bridges; Bay St. Louis, MS

Geographic Location

Bay St. Louis, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS-837_Postcard_One-and-1-34 miles-of-L-and-N-Track-washed-away-Bay-St-Louis_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, PPhotographs, Box 2: Hurricane 1947 Subcollection

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

Contact Information

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

Recommended Citation

Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University