Mississippi Coast Region

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of the Pascagoula St. Railway Power Co., a mission style building with the a sign for the business across the front and a smoke stack on the right end. A white picket fence runs in front of the building and two pine trees are a behind the fence. An inscription is written sideways on the left edge of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Miss. Maude Hall in South Thornton, Maine. The card is postmarked Scranton, Mississippi, October 13, 1905 and a green, one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner.

Transcription

Scranton, Miss Oct. 13/06 Will tow to sea this P. M. or tomorrow morning John

Publication Date

1905

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Buildings

Keywords

historical buildings; Pascagoula St. Railways Power Co.; Pascagoula, MS

Geographic Location

Pascagoula (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1905-10-13_Postcard-Pascagoula-St-Power_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 5, 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.

Pascagoula St. Railways Power Co., Pascagoula, Mississippi

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