Greenville, Mississippi, Confederate Monument and Court House

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the Washington County courthouse and the Confederate Monument in Greenville, Mississippi. The courthouse is a three story Mission style building with a bell tower in the center and dentil molding along the roof line. A Confederate monument with a statue of a confederate soldier at the top of the obelisk. A crowd of people are depicted as gathered around the monument on the courthouse lawn. The title of the card is printed in red along the top of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Louis Knapp in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The card is postmarked Helena, Arkansas, March 4, 1911 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

Greenville Miss 3/3/11 All well, and feeling fine Best Wishes to all Fred [sic]

Publication Date

1911

Publisher

H. A. Hoffman, Greenville, Miss.

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Courthouses; Soldiers' monuments--Southern States

Keywords

Confederate monument; Courthouses; Greenville, MS; Mississippi Delta

Geographic Location

Greenville (Miss)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1911-03-04_Postcard-Monument-and-Courthouse-Greenville_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

Greenville, Mississippi, Confederate Monument and Court House, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University