Gulfport, Mississippi Souvenir Cards

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Description

This is a portfolio/packet of 18 connected postcards with more than 20 scenes, printed by E. C. Kropp of Milwaukee, of scenes in Gulfport, Miss. Inside is a two-paragraph essay describing Gulfport as Mississippi’s leading seaport, with extraordinary descriptions and detail of Gulfport in the 1920s. Views include: East Beach Sea Wall; Bank of Gulfport; Edgewater Gulf Hotel; Gulf Coast Military Academy; Bathers enjoying Gulf waters; Elks’ Club on the Gulf of Mexico; West Beach Sea Wall; Pine Hills Hotel on the Bay; Moonlight on the Gulf of Mexico; Twenty-fifth Avenue; U. S. Post Office and Federal Building; West Beach Driveway, Old Spanish Trail; Back Lawn of Great Southern Hotel; Gulf-Park College; U. S. Veterans’ Hospital; East Beach Drive; Hotel Markam; Gulfport Country Club; Harrison County Court House; and Lawn on Gulf-Park College overlooking Gulf. Ca. 1920.

Publisher

E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee

Subjects

Postcards; Gulf Coast (Miss.)

Keywords

Gulfport, MS; Mississippi Gulf Coast

Geographic Location

Gulfport, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Souvenir-Gulfport-MS_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

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