City Hall, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Authors

Files

Description

This color postcard features a two story building with brick columns on the bottom floor entrance and white columns and white porch railings on the second floor entrance. Staircases flank the entrance porches. A white trimmed and railed cupola is in the center of the roof and "City Hall, 1905" is on the front gable. People are standing on the porches and stairs. The title "City Hall, Bay St. Louis, Miss." is sideways in the white strip on the right edge of the card. The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for correspondence, address, and postage stamp placement. The card is inscribed.

Transcription

Hey Dear George i am senting you two postel cards i hope you will sent me some more and Picture to me from your aunt [sic]

Publication Date

1900

Publisher

O. J. Planchet

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; City halls; Bay St. Louis, MS

Geographic Location

Bay St. Louis, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS-837_Postcard_City-Hall-Bay-St-Louis-Miss_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 2: Bay St. Louis Subcollection

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

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