Public Flower Garden with a Gazebo, Biloxi, Mississippi

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Description

This color postcard features a pathway lined with colorful bushes leading to a gazebo. Flowers and trees are around the gazebo and a water fountain feature is to the right. The gazebo has a set of stairs leading up to it's platform, stone columns, and brown roof toped by an ornate metal rod. Another structure is seen behind the gazebo. The title along the top of the card reads "One of the many Beautiful Gardens, 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, December 11, 1913. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mrs. A.C. Carder in Belton, Virginia.

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Biloxi, Miss Dec. 10, 1913 We have been enjoying awhile down here on the coast where it looks like summer. We go to New Orleans Friday and then home in time for Christmas. Frances Smadley

Publication Date

12-11-1913

Publisher

Uncle Fred's Gift Store

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Gardens; Biloxi, MS

Geographic Location

Biloxi, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_One-of-the-Many-Beautiful-Gardens-Biloxi-Miss_001

Source

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