Swimming Pool, Greenwood, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the public swimming pool and pool house in Greenwood, Mississippi. A patch of green lawn is in the foreground. The house at the pool is a long, brick building with a green roof. Houses and trees are seen behind the pool house. The title of the card is printed along the upper right edge of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Mrs. Mary M. Hoelsch in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The card is postmarked West Medway, Massachusetts, October 6, 1947 and a green, one cent George Washington postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card and a label with "Mrs. Ethel N. Sawyer, West Medway, Massachusetts" typed on it is below the inscription. [see transcription field]

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VCTC #6 Oct Hello: A lovely day here warm and sunny. Hope you are well Have had a terrible cold not quite over it yet au voir [sic]

Publication Date

1947

Publisher

Curteich-Chicago C. T. American Art Postcard

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Postcards; Swimming pools

Keywords

swimming; swimming pools; Greenwood, MS

Geographic Location

Greenwood, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1947-10-06_Postcard-Swimming-Pool-Greenwood_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

Swimming Pool, Greenwood, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University