Lampton Building, Jackson, Mississippi

Authors

Files

Contributor

E. C. Kropp Co.

Description

This color postcard features a ten story brick building with ornate white molding along the top floor and the roofline. Awnings hang over the windows on the bottom and third floors. A sidewalk leads up to and surrounds the building. The title along the top of the card identifies the building as "Lampton Building, Jackson, Miss.--54." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher and manufacturer information. A red two cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Jackson, Mississippi, October 27, 1954. The description in the upper left corner reads "The Pride of the South." Known as the south's most beautiful building, located on Capitol Street opposite the Governor's Mansion." The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Bardonna in Michigan City, Indiana.

Transcription

Hi you all: We are really enjoying the kids, big and little and weather or not to hot, had a wonderful trip, no trouble, last day was awful slow. Anne has changed so. Jene about same. Love Hazel.

Publication Date

10-27-1954

Publisher

City News Co.

Time Period

1950-1959

Subjects

Postcards; Buildings; Jackson, MS

Geographic Location

Jackson, MS

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Lampton-Building-Jackson-Miss_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 1: Jackson 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