Merchants Bank, Jackson, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of Merchants Bank in Jackson, Mississippi, a six story building on the corner of a street. The fifth story windows are arched and dentil molding lines the building beneath the roof. Utility poles are on either side of the corner of the sidewalk in front of the bank building and people are pictured walking on the sidewalk. The title of the card is printed beneath the bottom edge of the image. Address for E. M. Rankin in Jackson, Mississippi, is written along the bottom of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Gertrude De Ford in Rochester, New York. The card is postmarked in Jackson, Mississippi, November 1906 and Rochester, New York, November 2, 1906. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and "Erie Aqueduct" is written sideways in blue ink on the left edge of the card.

Publication Date

1906

Publisher

Adolph Sellge Pub. Co., St. Louis, Mo.

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Bank buildings

Keywords

banks; bank buildings; Jackson, MS

Geographic Location

Jackson (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1906-11-19_Postcard-Merchants-Bank-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 5, 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

Merchants Bank, Jackson, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University