Ship Island Lighthouse

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Description

This postcard features a color image of the Ship Island Lighthouse on Ship Island off the coast of Mississippi in the Mississippi sound. The lighthouse is an angular wooden tower with a railing at the top surrounding the light fixture. A wooden walkway leads up to the lighthouse and a young boy is standing on it. The paragraph on the upper left on the back of the card reads "Ship Island Lighthouse, located 12 miles off the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Erected in 1885, this picturesque old lighthouse serves as a landmark for boating enthusiasts as well as for the shrimpers. Its nighttime functions have been taken over by modern electronic devices."

Publisher

Ocean Springs Distributor, Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Subjects

Postcards; Lighthouses; Ship Island (Miss.)

Keywords

light houses; Ship Island

Geographic Location

Ship Island (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Ship-Island-Lighthouse_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

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