Greetings from Waveland, Miss., Advertisement Postcard

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Description

This black and white picture postcard features people playing in the water and sand at the beach. The title along the bottom of the card reads "Greetings from WAVELAND, Miss." The back of postcard identifies the item as a postcard. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the top right corner and the card is postmarked Bay St. Louis, Miss. July 13, 1928. The card is inscribed in pencil and is addressed to Mrs. G. Velten in New Orleans, La. "No. 2247, 16 des. Photo Brown Bathers is typed on the left edge of the card.

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Hallow [sic] Georgia, Wish you could come over a few days and be with us all. We are having a real fine time [?], crabbing, and [?]. Also fighting mosquitos at night. The nights are nice and cool [?] me to the Monday night class. Love Julia [sic]

Publication Date

7-13-1928

Time Period

1920-1929

Subjects

Picture postcards; postcards;

Geographic Location

Waveland, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Greetings-from-Waveland_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Gulf Coast Sub-Collection

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

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