Hurricane of 1947 Aftermath Photographs

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This black and white picture postcard features a Shell Service Station with piles of debris surrounding it. Several men are standing or seated on the debris. Trees are behind the building and the debris. The title along the bottom of the card reads "Debris piled at Shell Station, Biloxi."

Publication Date

1947

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Postcards; Picture postcards; Service stations; Construction and demolition debris; Biloxi, MS

Geographic Location

Biloxi, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS-837_Postcard_Debris-piled-at-Shell-Station-Biloxi_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.

Debris Piled at a Shell Station in Biloxi, Mississippi

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