Greetings from Scranton, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of a flower with a woman's face in the center and depictions of coastal scenes and buildings in the petals of the flower. A courthouse, a public school, the government light house, a sailboat on the water, and a park are the areas depicted in the petals. The back of the card is addressed to Mr. Herman Brune in Jacksonville, Illinois. The card is postmarked Pascagoula, Mississippi, February 4, 1911 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Your card rec'd and indeed glad to hear from you again. Am having a dandy time these days. Hope you are all [?] by now. With best wishes, Theresa [sic]

Publication Date

1911

Publisher

Southern Postcard Co., Shreveport, La.

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Gulf Coast (Miss.)

Keywords

coastal towns; Mississippi Gulf Coast; Scranton, MS

Geographic Location

Scranton (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1911-02-04_Postcard-Greetings-From-Scranton-MS_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

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