A Morning's Catch Spanish Mackerel, Biloxi, Mississippi

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This color postcard features five men on a covered pier with four lines of fish strung up behind them. Four of the men are seated with their fishing rods and reels and one man is standing. The title along the bottom reads "A Morning's Catch Spanish Mackerel, Biloxi, Mississippi." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides indication for correspondence and address placement. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and is postmarked Biloxi, Mississippi, February 10-1914. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Miss Lydia J. Foster in Memphis, Tennessee.

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How does this look to you. We have not seen any of these yet however but oh so many oysters. The sun is shrimping. This [?] for the first time since we left home and it is delightful outside. And beautiful. Our visit in New Orleans was perfect and I am charmed with that place. we drove all day Sunday. Let me hear from you soon. Hope you are all well. Love to all from Liston 2/10/14 [sic]

Publication Date

5155

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Fishing; Fish; Biloxi, MS

Geographic Location

Biloxi, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS-837_Postcard_A Mornings-Catch-Spanish-Mackeret-Biloxi-Miss_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