Scene on the Yazoo River of the Choctaw Steamboat Greenwood, Mississippi

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Description

This color postcard features a double deck steam boat named "Choctaw" docked on the bank of a river. People and stacks of cargo and cloths draped over deck railing are seen on the boat. A wood plank is propped upon the edge of the bottom deck to connect it to the bank. The title in the upper left reads "Scene on the Yazoo River, Greenwood, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information and indication for postage stamp placement.

Transcription

Sure is Dad [sic]

Publication Date

1900

Publisher

A. M. Simon

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Steamboats; Yazoo River (Miss.); Greenwood, MS

Geographic Location

Greenwood, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Scene-on-the-Yazoo-River-Greenwood-Miss_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 1: Greenwood Subcollection

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

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