Davis School and Lee School in Jackson, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features two color illustrations. The top illustration is of Davis School in Jackson, Mississippi, a long, red brick, three story building with two, white, curved front entrances on either end of the building and one dormer in the front. A line of green hedges is in front of the school. The identification of the building is printed along the top of the image. The bottom illustration is of the Lee School in Jackson, Mississippi, a white, three story building with a curved front entrance, a gabled roof, and three chimneys. green hedges are on either side of the sidewalk that runs in front of the building and bare trees are depicted in the school lawn and near the street. The identity of the school is printed along the top of the image. The back of the postcard is addressed to Master Edmond Ward in Camden, Mississippi. The card is postmarked Camden, Miss. though the date is not visible. Two, green, one cent George Washington postage stamps are placed in the upper right, though the stamp on the left is partially torn. An inscription is written sideways on the left half of the card.

Transcription

Hear is my card little friend. You ought to have been here this week to see 8 airplanes! 3 in a row came right over our house [?] like big birds! I have a dear little bay mare named John Jr. and I tell him Bible stories every night after he goes to bed. We want to come home tomorrow if we can get [?} over to drive us. Thank your dear mother for that fine present she sent us. Don't know what I would have done without them. Men. Me[?] is some better but reg weak and thin. Kus pray us furlow. Come to see me. Love to all. Men Bradle [sic]

Subjects

Postcards; School buildings

Keywords

schools; Jackson, MS

Geographic Location

Jackson, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Davis-Lee-Schools_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

Davis School and Lee School in Jackson, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University