Main Street During the Annual Floral Parade--On the Opening of the County Fair, Hazelhurst, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of various parade floats, mostly consisting of decorated wagons and carriages pulled by horses, on Main Street during the annual floral parade at the opening of the Copiah County Fair in Hazelhurst, Mississippi. People are pictured walking the streets among the parade floats with commercial buildings and utility poles on either side of the street. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the card. The back of the card is addressed to H. T. Bartheloh in Montgomery, Alabama. The card is postmarked Hazelhurst, Mississippi, February 28, 1912 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written sideways on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

2-28-12 Blew in here today. Am well [and] happy. Lorie sends regards. Let me hear form you. M. C. James Gen. Dd. [sic]

Publication Date

1912

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Parades

Keywords

parades; county fairs; parade floats; Hazelhurst, MS

Geographic Location

Hazlehurst (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1912-02-28_Postcard-Floral-Parade-Hazelhurst_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

Main Street During the Annual Floral Parade--On the Opening of the County Fair, Hazelhurst, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University