The Wreck of the Hercules, Ship Island, September 27, 1906

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Description

This color postcard features a wrecked ship on the water. Fort Massachusetts is in the distance behind it. The following poem is in the upper right: "Oh, stormy nights be they summer or winter, Hurricane nights like these, When spar and topsail are rag and splinter Hurled o'er the slousing seas. To the jagged edge where the Fort leans over, Climb as you best may climb; Lie there and listen what mysteries hover, Haunting the tides of Time. The crester breaker, on reef and boulder That swirls it cavernous black, Carries a challenge from decks that moulder To ships that never come back." The title beneath the image of the ship identifies it as "The Wreck of the Hercules, Ship Island, Sept. 27th, 1906." "Greetings from Gulfport, Miss." is in the upper left corner. The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides indication for correspondence, address, and postage stamp placement.

Publication Date

1900

Subjects

Postcards; Shipwrecks; Ships; Ship Island; Gulfport, MS; Gulf of Mexico (MS)

Geographic Location

Gulfport, MS; Ship Island (Miss)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Greeting-From-Gulfport_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 1: Ship Island Subcollection

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

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Recommended Citation

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