Mississippi Coast Region

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of a group of eight men on a fishing boat on the Gulf of Mexico. The men are holding p fish and several fish are on the deck of the boat. The title of the card is printed in white along the bottom edge of the card, though it is faded and hard to read. An inscription is written across the left corner of the image. A postmark for Collins, Mississippi, August 1906 is stamped upside down along the bottom of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Maye Pickering in Collins, Mississippi. A postmarked for Gulfport, Mississippi, August 7, 1906 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner.

Transcription

Fishing yes, fishing but for something better--Clarence 86-ou [sic]

Publication Date

1906

Publisher

The Rotograph Co., N. Y., City

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Fishing

Keywords

fishing; Gulf fishing; Mississippi Gulf Coast; Gulfport, MS

Geographic Location

Gulfport (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1906-08-07_Postcard-Jack-Fishing-Gulfport_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.

Mackerel and Jack Fishing, Gulfport, Mississippi

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