Rosedale Cotton Compress, Rosedale, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of several hundred cotton bales lined up in yard of the Rosedale Cotton Compress in Rosedale, Mississippi. A water tower is on the hill behind the yard. The title of the card is printed in red in the upper left of the image and "Lomply little chick" is written upside down along the right edge of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Florence Bullock in Pawtucker, Rhode Island. The card is postmarked Arkansas, January 11, 1910 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 with part of it written upside down at the top. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Your pretty xmas rememberance just received thank you it is a book I have that much of getting we only just came to Rosedale or you would have had this sooner you see why I was so far in advance owing to not giving to [?] army offices in time for Christmas. [sic]

Publication Date

1909

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Cotton industry; Cotton

Keywords

Cotton compress; Cotton bales; Cotton industry; Rosedale, MS; Mississippi Delta

Geographic Location

Rosedale (Miss)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1910-01-11_Postcard-Cotton-Compress-Rosedale_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

Rosedale Cotton Compress, Rosedale, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University