Statue of Captain Joseph T. Jones, Gulfport, Mississippi

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Description

This color postcard features a statue of a man on a white stone base. Trees and a building are behind the statue. The title along the top of the card reads "Statue of Captain Joseph T. Jones, Gulfport, Miss.--80" The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for postage stamp placement. The description in the upper left reads "Statue of Captain Joseph T. Jones--Oil Producer--Penn. and W. Virginia. Whose vision, courage and indomitable energy made possible the construction of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad and the City and Harbor of Gulfport, Mississippi."

Publication Date

1900

Publisher

Barber and Thatcher

Time Period

1930-1939

Subjects

Postcards; Statues; Monuments; Jones, Joseph T.; Gulfport, MS

Geographic Location

Gulfport, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS-837_Postcard_Statue-of-Cpt-Joseph-T-Jones_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