Mississippi Coast Region

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of a harbor and pier off the coast of Gulfport, Mississippi. Five boats are pictured lined up in the water, five of them alongside the pier or dock . The title of the card is printed in red beneath the bottom left edge of the image and the publisher's name is printed in red ink below the bottom right edge of the image. An inscription is written in the space in the bottom edge of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Mr. John S. Moore in Birmingham, Alabama. The card is postmarked Gulfport, Mississippi September 18, 1906 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner.

Transcription

Why don't you all write to me sometime. I believe you have forgotten me. "Rutie"

Publication Date

1906

Publisher

Detroit Publishing Co.

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Harbors; Piers; Gulf Coast (Miss.)

Keywords

harbors; piers; Gulfport, MS; Mississippi Gulf Coast

Geographic Location

Gulfport (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1906-09-18_Postcard-Harbor-and-Pier-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.

Harbor and Pier, Gulfport, Mississippi

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