Union Depot, Gulfport, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of the Union Depot in Gulfport, Mississippi. The Depot building is a long, one story, brick building with curved corners where a double door entrance is located and a long platform in front of the railroad tracks. The roof, supported by buttresses, overhangs to cover part of the platform. People are pictured both seated and standing on the platform and one man is pictured walking among the tracks. The title of the card is printed along the lower edge of the image.

Publisher

The Rotograph Company

Subjects

Postcards; Railroad depots; Railroad stations

Keywords

train depots; train stations; depots

Geographic Location

Gulfport, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Union-Depot_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

Union Depot, Gulfport, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University