Grenada College, Grenada, Mississippi

Authors

Files

Contributor

Bryant and Jackson, Printers

Description

This postcard features a black and white image of two buildings on the Grenada College Campus in Grenada, Mississippi. The building on the left is three stories with arched windows on the bottom floor and an arched doorway. The building on the right is three stories with thirteen visible two-story white columns across the entire front of the building, railing around a third floor balcony, and dental molding along the top and the inner edge of the roof line. Trees are in front of the building on the left and a tree and a bush are in front of the building on the right. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge and "Doesn't this old place look like old times?" is written across the top. The back of the card is addressed to Mrs. Frank Ninn in Claremont, New Hampshire. The card is postmarked Grenada, Mississippi, December 26, 1910 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed upside down in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Mama and I thank you so much four our dear presents. Santa was so good to us. Do you wish you were here with us, we are having a good old time. Our [?] are so sweet to us. The men are "hunting" to day. Blanche Mattingly [sic]

Publication Date

1910

Publisher

R. W. Mitchell, Publisher, Grenada, Miss.

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Universities and colleges

Keywords

Colleges; Grenada, MS

Geographic Location

Grenada, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1910-12-26_Postcard-Grenada-College_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

Grenada College, Grenada, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University