Main Street, McHenry, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of Main Street in McHenry, Mississippi. Commercial buildings, including a dry goods store and a mercantile, are on either side of the street. Horses and horse-drawn wagon are in the street. The title of the card is printed in the upper left of the image and the publisher's name is written in the lower right of the image. A postmark for Drewry, Alabama, January 13, 1913 is stamped in the center of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Clarrisa Dees in Drewry, Alabama and postmarked McHenry, Mississippi, January 11, 1913. A green, one cent George Washington postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written sideways on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

You say that I owe you a letter but I have never received but one letter from you and I answered that so if you have written again I haven't received it I hear of your friends at Repton quite often Fannie E [sic]

Publication Date

1913

Publisher

C. L. Hinkson

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Streets; Commercial buildings

Keywords

main streets; streets; McHenry, MS

Geographic Location

McHenry (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1913-01-11_Postcard-Main-St-McHenry_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

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