View of Gulfport, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color image of buildings along the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Gulfport, Mississippi, including a large four story hotel and four smaller buildings to the right of it. The beach is in the foreground of the image. The title of the postcard is printed beneath the bottom left edge of the image and an inscription is written along the bottom edge of the card. [see transcription field] The back of the card is addressed to Mr. Mack Robinson at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. The card is postmarked Gulfport, Mississippi 1908 and is stamped over a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp in the upper right corner of the card.

Transcription

Red'd your card some days ago, was glad to hear from you I sent you a note yesterday [sic]

Publication Date

1908

Publisher

The Rotograph Co., N. Y. City

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Cityscapes; 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_1908-01-23_Postcard-View-of-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

View of Gulfport, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University