Long Beach Depot, Long Beach, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of a train depot with early 20th century cars parked in front and a train car parked along the boardwalk behind it. People are seen standing on the boardwalk. Leafy green limbs of a tree are in the upper left corner of the image and an electric power line pole is standing between the cars. The title of the card is printed along the top of the image and the publisher's name is printed along the bottom edge of the image. The back of the postcard is addressed to Miss Mae Quinn in New Orleans, Louisiana. The card is postmarked Long Beach, Miss., June 10, 1908 and a green, one cent postage stamp is placed sideways in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Hello Mae, How would you like being over hre. The people are just lovely and we are having a fine time. Went in bathing three times today. Maud

Publication Date

1908

Publisher

The Sun Pub. Co., Long Beach, Miss.

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Railroad stations; Train stations

Keywords

railroad stations; MS Gulf Coast

Geographic Location

Long Beach, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1908-06-10_Postcard-Long-Beach-Depot_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 3, Box 3: Mississippi Coastal Region

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 reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Recommended Citation

Long Beach Depot, Long Beach, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University