Governor's Mansion, Jackson, Mississippi

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Description

This black and white picture postcard features a white two story house with a rounded front porch lined with white columns. Trees surround the house and an iron fence runs in front of it. The title in the lower left corner identifies the house as "Governor's Mansion, Jackson, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides indication for correspondence and address placement. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Jackson, Mississippi, March 18, 1908. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Miss Alene Barry in Roodhouse, Illinois.

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Dear Letetia, I intended to write before I left home. I missed Connection here and will stay over night here. Mama and boy in Carlinville. Yours, Char. [sic]

Publication Date

3-18-1908

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Governors' mansions; Jackson, MS

Geographic Location

Jackson, MS

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Governors-Mansion-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