Northrop's Department Store, Gulfport, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of people crowded in front of George E. Northrop's Department Store in Gulfport, Mississippi. The building is a two story building with arched windows on the second story and dental molding along the roofline. a sign for the store hangs in the middle just above the entrance. A horse and carriage is behind the crowd of people and another horse with the carriage hitch visible is facing the horse and carriage. The title of the card is printed along the top of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Mr. Mack Robinson in Mobile, Alabama. The postmark is too faded to read and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed sideways in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription]

Transcription

Hello Mack:- Say I like your nerve why didn't you come up town yesterday like you said you would am awefuly sorry I did not get to see you. "Pinkie" Jackson Harn [sic]

Publication Date

1907

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Department stores

Keywords

department stores

Geographic Location

Gulfport, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Northrops-Department-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

Northrop's Department Store, Gulfport, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University