Kings Daughters Home, Greenville, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the King's Daughters Home in Greenville, Mississippi, a large brick or stone building with a front gable, two story castle style bay windows on each end, three visible chimneys, six white columns along the front porch, and small carport on the right end. A plaque beneath the front gable reads "Kings Daughters Home". The title of the card is printed along the top left of the image. Kings Daughters Home was the predecessor of Kings Daughters Hospital. It was one of the first hospitals in the Mississippi Delta. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Maude Reber in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The card is postmarked Saint Croix Falls, Wisconsin, September 13, 1920 and a green, one cent George Washington postage stamp is placed upside down in the upper right corner. An inscription is written sideways on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Dear Maude, Did I tell you fair is from Tues to Friday of this weeks Le us know when to meet you. Mary [sic]

Publication Date

1920

Publisher

H. A. Hoffman, Greenville, Miss.

Time Period

1920-1929

Subjects

Postcard; Hospitals

Keywords

historic hospitals

Geographic Location

Greenville, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1920-09-13_Postcard-Kings-Daughters-Home_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.

Recommended Citation

Kings Daughters Home, Greenville, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University