Mississippi Delta Region

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This card is a Thanksgiving advertisement for the Tallahatchie Lumber Company in Philipp, Mississippi, a small unincorporated town in Tallahatchie County. The card includes a sepia toned image of a young woman in a suit dress and hat, perched on the edge of a log while holding a shotgun. The text below reads, "Thanksgiving Greetings Turkey and Greece are now engaged in a deadly conflict. We are engaged in selling high class Hardwoods to the consuming trade at prices that will permit of their having TURKEY and GREASE each da in the year, thus having one continual Thanksgiving. Tallahatchie Lumber Co. Philipp, Mississippi Stock Direct from Manufacturer to Consumer."

Publication Date

1913

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Advertisements

Keywords

lumber companies; Mississippi Delta

Geographic Location

Philipp, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Card-Thanksgiving-Greeting-Tallahatchie-Lumber_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.

Thanksgiving Greetings from Tallahatchie Lumber Co., Philipp, Mississippi

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