Private Sand Beach in Front of Inn-By-The-Sea, Pass Christian, Mississippi with Beach Chairs and Beach Huts on the Sand

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Description

This color postcard features beach chairs and beach huts on a beach with water in the foreground and a hotel in the background. The title along the top of the card reads "Private Sand Beach in Front of the Inn-By-The-Sea, Pass Christian, Miss." 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, March 25, 1941. The description in the upper left reads "Inn By the Sea--I. T. Rhea, Owner--A delightful Inn and cottages among the pines and moss-hung live oaks, beside the emerald waters of the Gulf of Mexico, open every day in the year." The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mrs. Noble Crandall in Pepperell, Massachusetts.

Transcription

This is where we have just had luncheon. The trip is proving just grand in every one's estimation.

Publication Date

3-25-1941

Publisher

Gulfport Printing Co.

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Postcards; Hotels; Beaches; Pass Christian, MS

Geographic Location

Pass Christian, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Private-Sand-Beach-in-Front-of-Inn-by-the-Sea_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