Drift. Dead Snakes, Fish, Pelicans, Alligators, etc.

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of the driftwood, dead animals and fish that washed ashore after the Hurricane of 1947, presumably in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The sea wall can be seen to the right. The title of the card is printed in white along the bottom edge of the image. 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.

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-Drift-Dead-Snakes_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

Drift. Dead Snakes, Fish, Pelicans, Alligators, etc., Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University