Title

House Damage from a Hurricane, Gulf Coast, Mississippi

Authors

Files

Description

This black and white postcard features a shotgun style house tilted on it's side with fallen trees beside and beneath it. A handwritten title a the bottom of the image reads "The falling tree did this to the house."

Publication Date

1947

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Postcards; Hurricanes; Hurricane damage; Gulf Coast, MS

Geographic Location

Gulf Coast, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS-837_Postcard_The-Falling-tree-did-this-to-the-House_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