Courthouse, Tallahatchie County, Charleston, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of the Tallahatchie County, Mississippi courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi. The courthouse is a two story building with arched windows and a clocktower dome in the center of the roof and three visible chimneys . Trees and bushes are pictured in the courthouse yard that is surrounded by a chain-link fence. "Feb 8/10 Dad" is written in the upper right corner of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Doll Claron in Springfield, Ohio. The card is postmarked Charleston, Miss., February 8, 1910 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription]

Transcription

Feb 8/10 Expect to come tonight. Be careful and don't worry. Am going on out went for a while. Be careful Daddy [sic]

Publication Date

1910

Publisher

C. W. Leggett, Charleston, Miss.

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Courthouses

Keywords

courthouses; Tallahatchie County, MS; Charleston, MS

Geographic Location

Charleston, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1910-02-08_Postcard-Courthouse-Charleston_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 4, 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

Courthouse, Tallahatchie County, Charleston, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University