Mississippi Delta Region

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of a man seated on a horse in front of the buildings and trees at the corner of Yazoo Avenue and Second Street in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The title of the card is printed in the bottom right corner of the card and an inscription reading "Srason Closes Nov. 5-1908" is written in the white space above the card's title. The back of the card is addressed to F. B. Olhausen, M. D. in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The card is postmarked Clarksdale, Miss. November 5, 1908 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner of the card. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Going to La for a little while. Will write later sure. H.

Publication Date

1908

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Streets

Keywords

street scenes; Mississippi Delta

Geographic Location

Clarksdale, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1908-11-05_Postcard-Corner-Yazoo-Avenue_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.

Corner Yazoo Avenue and Second Street, Clarksdale, Mississippi

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