Shell Beach Front, Biloxi, Mississippi

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Description

This color postcard features a beachfront scene. The beach is lined with utility poles and there are several piers with pier houses and boats in the water. "Biloxi, Miss." is in the lower left corner and "Shell Beach Front" is in the lower right corner. Publisher information is along the bottom left edge of the card. The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides 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, March 9, 1908. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Miss Hynes Heplon in Houma, Louisiana.

Transcription

From Wallace

Publication Date

2991

Publisher

Curt Teich and Co.

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Beaches; Piers; Biloxi, MS

Geographic Location

Biloxi, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS-837_Postcard_Biloxi-Miss-Shell-Beach-Front_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.

Recommended Citation

Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University