Front View of The Pirate House, A White Two Story House, Waveland, Mississippi

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Description

This color picture postcard features a white two story home with white front porch columns and railings. A chain-link fence surrounds the property. The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher and artist information as well as indication for postage stamp placement. The description in the upper left reads "Historical Series no. 4--The Pirate House...was built in 1802 by a New Orleans man, said to be boss of the Gulf Coast Pirates. At one time the pirate, Jean La Fitte, stayed here. There are many legends about this old house." The Deep South Specialties logo is in the center. "1.75" is written in pencil in the upper right.

Publication Date

1910

Publisher

Deep South Specialties, Inc.

Time Period

1890-1999

Subjects

Postcards; Picture postcards; Waveland, MS

Geographic Location

Waveland, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_The-Pirate-House-Front_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Gulf Coast Sub-Collection

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

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