Mississippi Coast Region
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Description
This postcard features a mostly black and white image of the Catholic Church and convent in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The church is a neoclassical style church with a square clock tower on the left and a shorter square tower on the right. Six, white, two story columns at the front entrance. The convent, to the right of the church, is a two story building with smaller white columns at the entrance and scalloped roof line with a cross perched on top. Another two story house with a second floor balcony is to the left of the church. A portion of the sea wall is visible in the foreground. The title of the card is printed in the upper right of the image.
Subjects
Postcards; Catholic church buildings; Churches, Catholic; Convents
Keywords
Catholic churches
Geographic Location
Bay St. Louis, (Miss.)
Object Type
image
Format (original)
postcard
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Catholic-Church-Sea-Wall_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
Catholic Church and Convent, Showing a Section of the Sea Wall, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University