Mississippi Coast Region

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Description

This black and white picture postcard features a view of the Gulf of Mexico water, the sea wall, the highway, and trees that line the highway. The title along the bottom of the card reads "New U. S. 90 Between Gulfport and Biloxi, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for address placement. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Biloxi, Mississippi, October 16, 1950. The card is inscribed and is addressed to "The Brownings" in Washington C. H. Ohio.

Transcription

I expect to be at the "cross road" this next Thurs. evening--I think on the 6 something but it might be earlier but hardly think so--Please somebody be at home. At Biloxi heading for Pensacola. I L [sic]

Publication Date

10-16-1950

Publisher

L. L. Cook Co.

Time Period

1950-1959

Subjects

Postcards; Gulf Coast (Miss.); Sea walls; Biloxi, MS; Gulfport, MS

Geographic Location

Biloxi, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS-837_Postcard_New-US-90-Between-Gulfport-and-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.

New U. S. 90 Sea Wall Between Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi

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