Mississippi Coast Region

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This color postcard featuring a dirt toad with houses, utility poles, and fences on either side. A church is at the far end of the street. The title in the upper right reads "Pine Street, looking East. Wiggins, Miss." The publisher is listed in the lower left corner. The back of the postcard provides indication for correspondence and address placement. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Wiggins, Mississippi, April 14, 1914. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mrs. Hans Hanson in Gilberto, Illinois.

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Hello Pa. Is your oats headed out yet or is it in the bags yet down here it is all headed out barn is about 6 inches high but it got a touch of frost the other night, it is a little to hilly down here to suit me. Your son L. Hanson [sic]

Publication Date

5218

Publisher

Cavers Pharmacy

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Streets; Houses; Wiggins, MS

Geographic Location

Wiggins, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS-837_Postcard_Pine-Street-Looking-East-Wiggins-Miss_001

Source

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

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

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Pine Street, Looking East, Wiggins, Mississippi

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