The Levee and Black Person's Cabins, Greenville, Mississippi

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Description

This black and white photograph features a row of cabins on the left identified on the back of the card as having been inhabited by Black persons. The levee and levee wall are on the right side of the photograph with visibly high water at the levee. An inscription on the back of the card claims the seep water is all around the cabins "making mud three or four inches deep" and speaks of the density and width of the levee top.

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The wall and negro cabins near its base. The seep watr is all around them making mud three or four inches deep. The levee top is hard and dry. Notice how wide it is for sacking 1913, Greenville, Miss.

Publication Date

1913

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Photographs; Levees; Residences; Dwellings

Keywords

Cabins; levees; Mississippi Delta; Greenville, MS

Geographic Location

Greenville (Miss)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

photograph

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1913_Photo-Levee-and-Cabins-Greenville-MS_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

The Levee and Black Person's Cabins, Greenville, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University