Insane Asylum, Jackson, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the psychiatric hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, a large, three story building with a cupola or a dome in the center and four, two story white columns across the front entrance. Trees are on the hospital lawn, some of them lining a pathway to the entrance. The title of the card is printed in the upper center of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Mrs. Hattie Kitchens, Oxford, New York and is postmarked Merid and New Orleans R. P. O., February 24, 1913. Two green, one cent George Washington postage stamps in the top right corner. "To Mama From Leland" is written on the left side of the card.

Publication Date

1913

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Psychiatric hospitals

Keywords

mental hospitals; psychiatric hospitals; mental institutions; psychiatric institutions; insane asylums

Geographic Location

Jackson (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1913-02-24_Postcard-Insane-Asylum-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

Insane Asylum, Jackson, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University