Darwood, a Home on the Jourdan River

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Description

This color postcard features a color depiction of a home overlooking the Jourdan River. A woman in a green dress is standing among the picturesque gardens, The home is a long one story structure with white clapboard siding and blue shudders. The title at the bottom of the card reads "Darwood on the Jourdan". The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for postage stamp and address placement. The description in the upper left corner reads "Darwood on the Jourdan--Lovely home and gardens overlooking picturesque Jourdan River from its South bank. Darwood is 60 miles East of New Orleans." Directions for the home are at the bottom left corner of the card.

Publication Date

1910

Publisher

Gulfport Printing Co.

Time Period

1890-1999

Subjects

Postcards; Rivers

Geographic Location

Bay St. Louis, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Darwood-On-the-Jourdan-Bridge_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