Mississippi Delta Region

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Description

This postcard features a sepia toned image of a group of young children seated in three rows on the front steps of a building with an older woman standing behind the last row. The children are a mix of boys and girls. The back of the card is addressed to Mrs. H. E. Holliday in Canton, Mississippi and is postmarked Birmingham, R. P. O., October 24, 190?. Inscriptions are written on the left half of the card with the top inscription identifying the image as being from the public school in Itta Bena, Mississippi and identifies Hattie Boone in the middle row, 2nd from left. See the transcription field for the inscription note.

Transcription

Dear Grandmother--Can you find me in this crowd this is my teacher and school mates. I am having to read fast. With much love Hattie Hamilton Hollerman [sic]

Publication Date

1900

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; School children

Keywords

Mississippi Delta Schools

Geographic Location

Itta Bena, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Kids-Class_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.

Public School Class, Itta Bena, Mississippi

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