Looking South on Liberty Street, Canton, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the houses on the left side of the Liberty Street in Canton, Mississippi, looking south. The two most prominent houses are two story white houses with gabled roofs and long front porches. The house in the forefront red brick columns along the porch and the house beside it has white wooden columns. Bout houses have white railing around the top of the porch. Shrubs line the front of the houses and trees are depicted at the sidewalk and withing the far houses yard. The title of the card is printed along the bottom of the image. "Switzer Card Co. 12-10-40" is written along the left edge of the back of the postcard.

Publication Date

1940

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Postcards; Streets; Houses

Keywords

houses; neighborhoods; streets

Geographic Location

Canton, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1940-12-10_Postcard-Liberty-Street-South_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: Mississippi Capitol 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

Looking South on Liberty Street, Canton, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University