Great Southern Hotel Lawn, Gulfport, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the Great Southern Hotel lawn in Gulfport, Mississippi with fountain pools and sidewalks. A three story building in the distance and people are standing on the sidewalks on the lawn. The title is printed in blue beneath the bottom left edge of the image. "How are you Lula" is written along the bottom edge of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Mr. Mack Robinson at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. The card is postmarked Gulfport, Mississippi, January 8, 1908 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner.

Publication Date

1908

Publisher

Detroit Publishing Co.

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Hotels; Gulf Coast (Miss.)

Keywords

Hotels; Gulfport, MS; Mississippi Gulf Coast

Geographic Location

Gulfport (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1908-01-08_Postcard-Hotel-Lawn-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.

Recommended Citation

Great Southern Hotel Lawn, Gulfport, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University