Children Playing in the Water and a Canoe on a Lake, Lucedale, Mississippi

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Description

This color postcard features a group of children playing in the water and in a canoe at a lake. Trees surround the lake and a boat launch is on the bank where the children are playing. The title along the bottom reads "Greetings from Lucedale, Miss." 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 Lucedale, Mississippi, December 1, 1934 and Jefferson City, Tennessee, December 2, 1934. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mr. Berchcooper in Jefferson City, Tennessee.

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Dear Dots, I am in Miss. Working awful hard we have about a 180.000 cans of stuff to crate and ship. We fixed a carload today after we got her and we didn't get here until about 9:00 o'clock but we sure did work hard. Mr: [?] and another boy is going now to load a car but they have plenty of help. I am going back to [?] the 25th so will call you when i get back up there. Hope to see you soon. Love Carl

Publication Date

12-1-1934

Time Period

1930-1939

Subjects

Postcards; Children; Lakes; Lucedale, MS

Geographic Location

Lucedale, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Greetings-From-Lucedale-Miss_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 1: Lucedale 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