Mississippi Coast Region

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the Pickwick Hotel in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, a two story, L shaped building with a wrap around porch and second story balcony. Trees on the lawn partially obscure the view of the hotel. A wooden pole fence lines the front of the hotel. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Mrs. H. J Veith in New Orleans, Louisiana. The card is postmarked Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, July 28, 1909 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription on the left side of the card reads "Fine over here. H [and] T"

Publication Date

1909

Publisher

L. A. De Monteuzin and Sons

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Hotels; Gulf Coast (Miss.)

Keywords

coastal hotels; Historic coastal hotels; Bay St. Louis, MS; Mississippi Gulf Coast

Geographic Location

Bay St. Louis (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1909-07-18_Postcard-Pickwick-Hotel-Bay-St-Louis_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.

Pickwick Hotel, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

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