Capital Street Looking East, Jackson, Mississippi

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This postcard features a color image of Capital Street looking east in Jackson, Mississippi. Buildings are seen on either side of the street with the Jackson Post Office and the McIntyre Drug Company on the right corner and Brown's on the on the left corner. A street car is pictured on the tracks in the center of the street behind three me and several horse drawn wagons and buggies are on either side of the street. The title of the card is printed in red in the upper left of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Isabell Mallith in Mobile, Alabama. The card is postmarked Jackson, Mississippi, West Jackson Station, November 6, 1912 and a green, one cent George Washington postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

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11/6/12 Hello Cousin:-Miss Mary and I are going down town tonight to celebrate the political victory. How do you like it. What are you doing these days? June [a handrawn line] Hope you are having a pleasant time at home. We surely are having lots of fun. M. S. T [sic]

Publication Date

1912

Publisher

W. L. Brown Co., Jackson, Miss.

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Streets; Commercial buildings

Keywords

streets; buildings; post offices; Jackson, MS

Geographic Location

Jackson, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1912-11-06_Postcard-Capital-St-East-Jackson_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 4, 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

Capital Street Looking East, Jackson, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University