Mississippi Coast Region

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the Pickwick Hotel in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The hotel is pictured behind a fence and gate and a the view of the hotel is partially obscured by leafy green trees. A sign above the gated entrance read "Pickwick Hotel." The title of the card is printed along the bottom of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Anita Eastes in Birmingham, Alabama. The card is postmarked Bay St. Louis, Miss, July 6, 1908 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field}

Transcription

George says this place suits him very well. Yours Laupganon [sic]

Publication Date

1908

Publisher

L. A. de Montluzin and Son

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Hotels;

Keywords

hotels; coastal hotels

Geographic Location

Bay St. Louis, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1908-07-06_Postcard-Pickwick-Hotel_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.

Pickwick Hotel, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

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