Mississippi Coast Region
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Description
This color postcard features a group of men seated outside of a wood building with a sign on the from for "John H. Clark Oyster House." The men are all dressed casually in slacks and long sleeve button downs and hats. Piles of oysters are in front of them. Two men are standing behind the seated men. The title in the lower left reads "Shucking Oysters, 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, February 6, 1909. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mr. J. H. Marshall in Haynesville, Ohio. The inscription is faded and illegible.
Transcription
[inscription too faded to transcribe]
Publication Date
2-6-1909
Publisher
Detroit Publishing Co.
Time Period
1900-1910
Subjects
Postcards; Oysters; Oyster Houses; Biloxi, MS
Geographic Location
Biloxi, MS
Object Type
image
Format (original)
postcard
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MSS_837_Postcard_Shucking-Oysters-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
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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