Mississippi Delta Region

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This color postcard features a river front scene of steamboats , horses and wagons, and a covered storage area. A handwritten inscription is across the top of the card. The title in the lower left reads "River Front, Greenville, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for address placement. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Greenville, Mississippi, March 6, 1908. The card is addressed to Mrs. Ed. Martin in Birmingham, Alabama.

Transcription

I took a steamboat--Toot! Toot! And am gone away Bill [sic]

Publication Date

3-6-1908

Publisher

The Rotograph Co.

Time Period

1900-1908

Subjects

Postcards; Rivers; Riverboats; Steamboats; Greenville, MS

Geographic Location

Greenville, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_River-Front-Greenville-Miss_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 1: Greenville Subcollection

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

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

River Front, Greenville, Mississippi

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