Kings Daughters Home, Greenville, Mississippi

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This postcard features a color illustration of the Kings Daughters Home in Greenville, Mississippi, a two story, gray brick building with a front peak and a castle-like corner on each end. Four, two story columns are across the front entrance and four, one story columns are across the portico on the right end. A cross sits atop the front peak. The title of the card is printed along the upper left. Kings Daughters Home was the predecessor of Kings Daughters Hospital. It was one of the first hospitals in the Mississippi Delta. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Mattie Balei in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. The card is postmarked Greenville, Mississippi, May 22, 1916 and a green, one cent George Washington postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written sideways on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

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Only few lines to let you know I am having a fine time and gaining every day. Do hope you all are doing nicely and Rufus is out attending to his farm duties and ocorrine Moss is in her Chair. Coy Murro [sic]

Publication Date

1916

Publisher

H. A. Hoffman's 5 and 10 cent store, Greenville, Miss.

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Hospitals

Keywords

hospitals; Greenville, MS

Geographic Location

Greenville, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1916-05-22_Postcard-Kings-Daughters-Greenville_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

Kings Daughters Home, Greenville, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University