Governors' Mansion, Jackson, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the Mississippi Governors' Mansion in Jackson, Mississippi, a two-story masonry structure painted white, basically rectangular in plan. Its front facade is five bays wide, each bay articulated by pilasters with scrolled capitals; bays on the side elevations are separated by doubled pilasters. The center bay is larger, and is fronted by a two-story half-round portico supported by four columns. A full entablature encircles the building, ending in dental molding on the cornice below the roof line. An iron fence runs in front of the mansion and two trees at the fence line "frame" the mansion. The title is printed along the bottom edge of the card with an inscription written over it. The inscription reads "Many thanks for post card it is beautiful Will send you on from New Orleans" [sic] And "M. B. C." is written in the upper left of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Emily Boyd in Portland, Maine. The card is postmarked Jackson, Miss., November 2, 1906 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed upside down in the upper right corner.

Publication Date

1906

Publisher

The Rotograph Co., N. Y. City

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Mississippi Governor's Mansion (Jackson, Miss.)

Keywords

Mississippi Governors' mansions; Jackson, MS

Geographic Location

Jackson, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1906-11-02_Postcard-Gov-Mans-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

Governors' Mansion, Jackson, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University