Mississippi Delta Region

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This postcard features a view of two houses from a street in Winona, Mississippi. The house on the left is a two story yell house with white trim and a gabled roof. The house on the right is red with white trim, a gabled roof, and a long front porch. Sidewalks run in front of the house houses and a sidewalk leads from the street to the red house on the right. A white fence runs between the houses and several trees are in the yards in front of the houses. The title of the card is printed below the image. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Mabel McIntosh in Monet, Missouri. The card is postmarked Winona, Mississippi, October 5, 1908 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]

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Your very nice card received some few days ago was lad to hear from you again. Your friend Mattie Costilon R. H. Winona Miss. [sic]

Publication Date

1908

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Houses; Streets

Keywords

streets; houses; Winona, MS; Mississippi Delta

Geographic Location

Winona (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1908-10-05_Postcard-St-Scene_Winona_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 5, 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.

Street Scene, Winona, Mississippi

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