Unloading Heavy Timbers in Burns' Boom, Gulfport, Mississippi

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Description

This color postcard features a group of men on top of a load of timbers on a bridge or pier on the gulf. Ships are in view and buildings are behind the pier. A small boat and other debris is in the water. The title in the upper left reads "Unloading Heavy Timbers in Burns' Boom, Gulfport, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information, as well as, correspondence, address, and postage stamp placement.

Publication Date

1900

Publisher

C. T. Photochrome

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Docks; Timber; Gulfport, MS

Geographic Location

Gulfport, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Unloading-Heavy-Timbers-in-Burns-Boom-Gulfport-Miss_001

Source

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