Mississippi Coast Region

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This postcard features a black and white image of the New Magnolia Hotel in Pass Christian, Mississippi, a three story building with a long front porch with arched trim under the porch roof and a turret on the left end. Bushes line the front of the house. Two large trees partially obscure the view of the hotel. The title of the card is printed below the left edge of the image. An inscription is written on the bottom edge of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Lida Babcock in Paxton, Illinois. The card is postmarked Pass Christian, 1908. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner.

Publication Date

1908

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Hotel buildings

Keywords

hotels; Mississippi Gulf Coast

Geographic Location

Pass Christian, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1908-03-15_Postcard-New-Mag-Hotel-Pass-Christian_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 4, 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.

New Magnolia, Pass Christian, Mississippi

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