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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of the Norville Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. The hotel is a four story structure with white columns at the front entrance and front, second story balcony. The second floor windows on the front have decorative molding . A tree is seen on the right side of the hotel, partially obscuring the top right corner of the building. An electric powerline pole is seen at the sidewalk on the left side of the building. The title of the card is printed sideways outside the right edge of the image and an inscription is written below it. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Amy Hamilton in East Northfield, Massachusetts. The card is postmarked Jackson, Miss., June 10, 1908 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner of the card.

Publication Date

1908

Publisher

The Rotograph Co., N. Y. City

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Hotels

Keywords

hotels; Jackson, MS

Geographic Location

Jackson, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1908-06-10_Postcard-Norvelle-Hotel_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.

Norvell Hotel, Jackson, Mississippi

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