A Wood Cabin named The Couevas Homestead, Cat Island

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Description

This color postcard features a wooden cabin surrounded by trees. The title along the top reads "The Couevas Homestead, Cat Island. Erected in 1812." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Pass Christian, Mississippi, Mar 18, 1914. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mrs. Walker in New York.

Transcription

Dear Girlies [?] Only a little cot on the gulf far away from the frozen north where for once I would love to forget having sent home my girlies in a milk [?] lovingly from each. Yours, Katherine [?]

Publication Date

3-18-1914

Publisher

The Northrop Drugstore

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Cat Island (MS)

Geographic Location

Cat Island, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_The-Couevas-Homestead-Writing_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Gulf Coast Sub-Collection

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

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