Men with Cotton, Indianola, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of three men dressed in dark suits, ties and hats standing in a room where cotton has been piled on a table on the right and some of the cotton is scattered on the floor. Two of the men are holding some of the cotton and the man in the center is leaned against the door jamb and holding a notebook. An office appears to be in the room behind them. The back of the card is addressed to Mr. Jess Hill in Avon Park, Florida. The card is postmarked Indianola, Mississippi, February 20, 1911 and a red, two cent George Washington postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written sideways on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Indianola, Miss 2/19/11 Gald to know you are alive. Wont go to Mardi Gras this year as have just returned from N.O. am on the go all the time at this time of the year, but it wont last much longer. If you go to N.O. wish you would stop off a while with me. BPT [sic]

Publication Date

1911

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Cotton Industry; Cotton; Delta (Miss. : Region)

Keywords

cotton; cotton industry; Mississippi Delta

Geographic Location

Indianola (Miss)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1911-02-20_Postcard-Men-With-Cotton-Indianola_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

Men with Cotton, Indianola, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University