Mississippi Coast Region
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Description
This black and white postcard features a house on enclosed pillars with a long wrap-around front porch. The porch has thick white posts and white railing with a long set of stairs/steps leading up to it. Several people are standing on the porch and sitting on the stairs/steps. A tree is standing in front of the house and other trees are to the sides. The title along the bottom of the card reads "Soldiers Home, (Formerly Residence of Jefferson Davis), Beauvoir, Near Biloxi, Miss."
Publication Date
1900
Publisher
Raphael Tuck and Sons
Time Period
1900-1909
Subjects
Postcards; Beauvoir (Biloxi, MS)
Geographic Location
Biloxi, MS
Object Type
image
Format (original)
postcard
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MSS-837_Postcard_Soldiers-Home-formerly-residence-of-Jefferson-Davis_001
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 2: Biloxi 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