Mississippi Coast Region

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Description

This color postcard features a hexagonal shaped white building with a green roof, a rounded skylight in the center of the roof and two brown brick towers at the front entrance. Trees and sidewalks are in the foreground. The title in the lower right reads "Tabernacle, Seashore Camp Grounds, Biloxi, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for correspondence and address placement. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Biloxi, Mississippi, April 2, 1912. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mrs. Rippard in Austin, Texas.

Transcription

My dear Mrs. Rippard Here I am down on the Gulf of Mexico. This is an ideal place shall try and be home in ten days. Much Sincerely, Florence W. Metz Chicago

Publication Date

4476

Publisher

Uncle Fred's Gift Store

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Campgrounds; Biloxi, MS

Geographic Location

Biloxi, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS-837_Postcard_Tabernacle-Seashore-Camp-Grounds-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.

Tabernacle, Seashore Camp Grounds, Biloxi, Mississippi

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