Water Front, Biloxi, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the water front in Biloxi, with several piers, fishing houses, and docks near the shore. A line of trees is depicted on the left side of the road that runs along the shoreline. The title of the card is printed beneath the left edge of the image and the publisher is printed in the lower right of the card. "Fishing" is written in the white space beneath the card. The back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Clara Breakner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The card is postmarked, Millersville, Penn., March 3, 1916 and a green, one cent George Washington postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written sideways on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Dear Sister in faith We would like you folk to spend sun. Mar 12 at are pace as we are loveing a few more please hand to Lizzie and Susie Baker. Please respond Mr. Levi S. Witmer [sic]

Publication Date

1916

Publisher

Detroit Publishing Co.

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Piers; Fishing ports; Fishing harbors

Keywords

Mississippi Gulf Coast; Biloxi, MS

Geographic Location

Biloxi, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1916-03-03_Postcard-Water-Front_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

Water Front, Biloxi, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University