Mississippi Coast Region
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Description
This black and white postcard features a bench, a pier and a pier house on the beach. The pier house bears signs on the roof and on the siding that reads "Paradise Point; Cottages and Restaurant Best on the Coast." An arrow sits atop the sign on the roof. A small palm tree is in the right edge of the image. The title "Private Pier at Paradise Point Cottages on U. S. Highway 90 Near Gulfport, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for address and postage stamp placement.
Publication Date
1900
Publisher
The L. L. Cooke Co.
Time Period
1940-1949
Subjects
Postcards; Restaurants; Piers; Gulfport, MS
Geographic Location
Gulfport, MS
Object Type
image
Format (original)
postcard
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MSS-837_Postcard_Private-Pier-at-paradise-Point-Cottages_001
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 2: Gulfport 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