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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of the First Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, a two story, Gothic style church with a tower in the center and arched window, door and porch molding details. Dormers on along the roof on the right side. A water tower is seen behind the church to the left. The title of the card is along the upper edge of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Mrs.. Dumon in Nashville, Tennessee. The card is postmarked Jackson, Mississippi, May 2, 1906 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed upside down in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

How are you? I am at Jackson tonight. Will get home tomorrow at 9:30 oclock. I intended getting home tonight but got left. I will write when I get home. E. C. A. [sic]

Publication Date

1906

Subjects

Postcards; Church Buildings

Keywords

Baptist Churches; Jackson, MS

Geographic Location

Jackson, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_postcard-First-Baptist-Church-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.

First Baptist Church, Jackson, Mississippi

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