C. D. Coch P and L, Logtown, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of a park-like setting at Logtown, Mississippi on the Pearl River, with moss covered trees and sitting benches. The image shows a family fishing and a couple seated on a riverside bench. Logtown is now a ghost town located in Hancock County, Mississippi. It is one of several ghost towns situated within the 125,000-acre acoustic buffer zone of NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center. It stood along the banks of the Pearl River and had been the site of a very large sawmill and logging community. "C. D. Coch P and L, Logtown, Miss" is written in the lower right edge of the image. An inscription is written along the bottom edge of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Mrs. E. L. Clay in Tyler, Texas. The card is postmarked Pearlington, Miss., June 29, 1909 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed upside down in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

[on the front] We are staying about 2 mi. form this place right on the river bank. [on the back] I wish I had time to wirte a letter but time is very full down here We will be home Sat. or Sun. Favre [sic]

Publication Date

1909

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Rivers

Keywords

rivers; river bank; Logtown, MS; Mississippi Gulf Coast; Hancock County, MS

Geographic Location

Logtown, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1909-06-29_Postcard-Logtown-MS_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.

Recommended Citation

C. D. Coch P and L, Logtown, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University