Mississippi Delta Region

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Description

This postcard features a sepia toned image of Lake Henry, a lake located just 3.4 miles from Itta Bena, in Leflore County. The lake is surrounded by trees. The identity of the lake is handwritten directly beneath the image. A handwritten inscription is written along the white portion of the left, top, and right edges outside the image. The inscription reads "Hello Miss Son! I am safe at home and just burning up and it is awful here and I just so tired all the time and work has begun on my house and when its finished you must come to see us and hope you are well and Best Wishes, Lucile." The back of the postcard is addressed to Miss Donna Robertson in Scobey, Mississippi. the card is postmarked September 10, 1906 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is in the upper right corner of the card.

Publication Date

1906

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Lakes

Keywords

Lakes

Geographic Location

Itta Bena, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1906-09-10_Postcard-Lake-Henry_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.

Lake Henry, Itta Bena, Mississippi

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