South Methodist Church, Wesson, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the South Methodist Church in Wesson, Mississippi. The church is a white, clapboard building with three doors across the front and a bell tower in the front center. A sidewalk is depicted in front of the church and houses with a white picket fence to the right of the church. Trees are depicted behind the church and houses. The title of the card is printed along the top left of the image and the publisher's name is printed along the bottom right edge of the image. The back of the postcard is addressed to Miss Erma McGinley in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The card is postmarked twice: Wesson, Miss., February 10, 1908 and Altoona, Penn., February 12, 1908. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is in the upper right corner of the card. The inscription on the left half of the card reads, "How are you and the new baby getting along Having any fights. GS [sic]

Publication Date

1908

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Methodist church buildings; Churches, Methodist

Keywords

Methodist Churches; Southern churches; Wesson, MS

Geographic Location

Wesson, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1908-02-10_Postcard-South-Methodist-Church_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 3, Box 3: 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

South Methodist Church, Wesson, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University