Mississippi Delta Region

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of a set of railroad tracks that run in front of the yellow, three story Hotel Wisteria and a street in Winona, Mississippi. Buildings are depicted on the right side of the street that runs beside the hotel. the title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Mr. W. F. Harold in Utica, New York. The card is postmarked Birmingham Railroad RPO, 1909 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner of the card. Various translations of the word "post card" is printed at the top of the card. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

I am now on my way to the Bahamas Is off the coast of Florida. Fred M [sic]

Publication Date

1909

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Streets; Railroads

Keywords

street scenes; Mississippi Delta

Geographic Location

Winona, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1909_Postcard-Street-Winona_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 3, Mississippi Delta 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.

Street Scene, Winona, Mississippi

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