Hotel Wisteria, Winona, Mississippi

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This postcard features a color illustration of Hotel Wisteria in Winona, Mississippi, a three story hotel with double wrap-around balconies on the second and third floor. Three dormer windows and one chimney are on the roof and a sign for "Hotel Wisteria" is on the front roof pitch. People are standing along the porch and a horse and carriage is parked in front. A group of what appears to be children is seated along the front railing of the hotel. The title of the card is printed in red in the upper left of the image and an inscription that reads "My address for a week above Hotel" is written below the title. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Novella Booker in Bristol, Tennessee. The postmarked is too faded to reveal the place or full date but the year, 1909 is slightly visible. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and an inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcriptions field]

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Dear Novella, your letter just recd, will answer by letter in day or so, just got here this morn both down after a thousand mile ride. This whole country here is almost devastated by a long drought, not a shower of rain since June 24th. Kind regards to Friends--Will write just as quick as I can get to it--sincerely, Lewis CJLM [sic]

Publication Date

1909

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Hotels

Keywords

historical hotels; Winona, MS; Mississippi Delta

Geographic Location

Winona (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1909_Postcard-Hotel-Wisteria_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.

Recommended Citation

Hotel Wisteria, Winona, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University