"Fair View" Residence of W. E. Mallett, West Capital And Prentiss, Streets, Jackson, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of a two story, yellow clapboard house with a green roof. The house features a wrap around porch and a small balcony over the entrance. White columns and porch railings line the porch and two chimney's protrude from the roof. People are depicted standing on the porch and in the yard in front of the colorful hydrangea bushes that line the front of the house. Trees and a fence are pictured behind the house. The title is printed in the upper left of the image. The back of the postcard is addressed to Miss Mabel Haley in Errol, New Hampshire. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Dear Mabel, I don't think much of you for not letting me know were down here until you went back. Why don't you write me a bit of errol Gossip once in awhile--I don't hear from there very often since the folks moved away. Guess you must have known E-- was away most of the time why you didn't come up. Blanche [sic]

Publication Date

1912

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Houses

Keywords

resdidential homes; Jackson, MS

Geographic Location

Jackson, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1914-02-03_Postcard-Mallett-Residence_001

Source

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

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

"Fair View" Residence of W. E. Mallett, West Capital And Prentiss, Streets, Jackson, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University