Pascagoula, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a sepia toned image of the Port of Pascagoula in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Railroad tracks, a dock, and several buildings comprise the port area. A man is pictured standing on the railroad tracks and a smoke stack can be seen behind a tree on the right side of the image and a series of train cars is pictured parked on a platform beside the tracks. "Pascagoula, Miss." is written in the bottom left corner of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Fred Rossmourm in Indiana Harbor, Indiana and is postmarked Mobile, Alabama, April 21, 1913. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

I will be home by Wednesday or Thursday It is very warm here CC Rossmourm [sic]

Publication Date

1913

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Ports

Keywords

Port of Pascagoula; ports; Mississippi Gulf Coast

Geographic Location

Pascagoula (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1913-04-21_Postcard-Pascagoula_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

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