New $135,000 Hotel, William Fletcher, Proprietor, Leland, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of a multi-story building with two sections of four stories and a middle section that is one story. A long, dark awning spans over the front of the right end. Building equipment is in front of the building. The title along the bottom edge bills the building as the "New $135,000 Hotel, Wm. Fletcher, Prop., Leland, Miss." Located at 307 N. Broad Street, the hotel’s name would become the Montgomery Hotel and though the upper floors were torn down, the building is now the home of the Highway 61 Blues Museum. The back of the card is addressed to Miss "Tats" Morgan in Augusta, Georgia. The card is postmarked Leland, Mississippi, May 1, 1933 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

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May 15th 1933 Here's where Dadden is staying this week. See if you can find his windows Lots of Love Dadden [sic]

Publication Date

1933

Publisher

Auburn Post Card Manufacturing Co., Auburn, Indiana

Time Period

1930-1939

Subjects

Postcards; Hotel buildings

Keywords

hotels; hotel buildings; Mississippi Delta; Leland, MS

Geographic Location

Leland, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1933-05-01_Postcard-Hotel-Leland_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

New $135,000 Hotel, William Fletcher, Proprietor, Leland, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University