Mississippi Coast Region

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Contributor

Grey, C. R.

Description

This postcard features a wall of water washing ashore from the Gulf Of Mexico into Biloxi, Mississippi during the 1947 Hurricane. Trees can be seen swaying in the background behind the wall of water. The storm which is most commonly called the 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane but is sometimes referred to as Hurricane George, the 1947 New Orleans hurricane, or the 1947 Pompano Beach (or Broward) hurricane, struck the Gulf Coast in September 1947. The title or description of the image is written on right edge of the card above the title photographer's name and the location, C. R. Grey, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Publication Date

1947

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Postcards; Hurricanes; Gulf Coast (Miss.)

Keywords

hurricanes; Hurricane George; Mississippi Gulf Coast; Biloxi, MS

Geographic Location

Bay St. Louis, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Wall-of-Water-Bay-St-Louis_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.

Three Destructive Walls of Water Rolling In, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

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