Mississippi Delta Region

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of four people picking cotton in a vast cotton field. The title of the card is printed in red along the upper left of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Col. William Hagel in Niagara Falls, New York. the card is postmarked Yazoo City, October 21, 1909 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]

Transcription

Yazoo City Miss Oct 21-09 Cousin Bill Down in the sunnysouth once more all O. K. Say Bill send me geo. Weihle Address I had it but I lost it. Will be in Vicksburg, Miss Oct 31-09 at Robinson show Carl Sorell [sic]

Publication Date

1909

Publisher

W. T. Hegman and son, Yazoo City, Miss.

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Cotton industry; Cotton; Cotton--Harvesting

Keywords

Cotton fields; cotton picking; cotton industry; cotton farming; Yazoo City, MS; Mississippi Delta

Geographic Location

Yazoo City (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1909-10-21_Postcard-Cotton-Yazoo-City_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.

Cotton Scene Near Yazoo City

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