Mississippi Coast Region

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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)

PDF

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.

Private Pier at Paradise Point Cottages on U. S. Highway 90 Near Gulfport, Mississippi

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