Mississippi Coast Region

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This color postcard features a dock over the water leading to a group of buildings. Women in early twentieth century dresses and men in dark clothing are on the deck among metal carts. The title along the bottom of the card reads "Point Oyster Houses, Biloxi, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for correspondence, address, and postage stamp placement.

Publication Date

1900

Publisher

Detroit Publishing Co.

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Oysters; Biloxi, MS

Geographic Location

Biloxi, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Point-Oyster-Houses-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.

Point Oyster Houses, Biloxi, Mississippi

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