A View on Fort Bayou, Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Authors

Files

Contributor

C. T. Doubletone

Description

This postcard features a black and white image of the bridges, docks, and structures on the water at Fort Bayou in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Old Fort Bayou, located a mile north of downtown Ocean Springs, is a meandering waterway in Jackson County with its origins beginning in the longleaf pine savannas south of Vancleave. The title of the card is printed along the bottom left edge of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Frances Clary in Harlem, Georgia. The card is postmarked Ocean Springs, Mississippi, February 1910 and a green, one cent George Washington postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

The scenery is fine. Arrived here Sunday it sure is cold here. Going to N. O. to day. From Roy [sic]

Publication Date

1910

Publisher

Ocean Springs Drug Store, Ocean Springs, Miss.

Subjects

Postcards; Docks

Keywords

forts; Fort Bayou; docks; boats

Geographic Location

Ocean Springs, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Fort-Bayou-Ocean-Springs_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

A View on Fort Bayou, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University