Bay St. Louis Drugstore

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of a drug store in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The Pickwick Hotel can be seen in the background to the left, with the famous DeMontluzin Drug Store seen on the right. The drugstore is a small, white, clapboard structure on stilts with a porch on the back. A pier is to the left to the drugstore and trees and bushes are in front of the hotel and behind the drugstore. Electric powerline poles are seen to the left to the drugstore. The title of the card is in the upper left of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Anita Eastes in Birmingham, Alabama. The card is postmarked July 9, 1908 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner of the card. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

I got your Postal with the 3 Jackasses on it. Geo. Saw 4 alligators--one as long as I am. Yours Pa [sic]

Publication Date

1908

Publisher

L. A. de Montluzin and Son

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Drugstores

Keywords

drug store; Bay St. Louis, MS

Geographic Location

Bay St. Louis, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1908-07-09_Postcard-Drug-Store_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

Bay St. Louis Drugstore, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University