Mississippi Mills, Wesson, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of the Mississippi Mills, one of the earliest and most important manufacturing plants to be established in Copiah County, Mississippi. It was the cotton and woolen mills known as the Mississippi Manufacturing Company, later renamed the Mississippi Mills, which was erected in 1866 at Wesson by Colonel James Madison Wesson. The building is a long, five story structure with six story towers spaced from each corner of the building with one in the front center. A two story building at the right end has a cupola in the center of the roof. Trees are in front of the mill buildings. An electric utility pole is pictured in the left of the image. The title of the card is printed in the lower left of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Mrs. J. T Gibson in San Francisco, California. The card is postmarked Beauregard, Mississippi, December 18, 1906.

Publication Date

1906

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Mills

Keywords

Mills

Geographic Location

Wesson, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1906-12-18_Postcard-Mississippi-Mills_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

Mississippi Mills, Wesson, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University