Woman and Car on Mississippi U. S. 49 Highway, June 28, 1943

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Description

This black and white photograph features a young woman in a white dress and dark hair scarf posing on the front bumper of a car and holding on to the Mississippi U. S. 49 sign on the side of the highway. The photograph is framed by a dotted border and the back of the photo bears a De Luxe Studio, June 28, 1943, Hot Springs Arkansas ink stamp. The photograph is presumable taken near the Mississippi-Arkansas border, as U.S. 49 crosses the Mississippi River into Arkansas.

Publication Date

6-28-1943

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Photographs; Women; Highways; Road signs

Keywords

highways; women; cars; photography

Geographic Location

Mississippi

Object Type

image

Format (original)

photograph

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1943-06-28_photo-MS-US-Route-49_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

Woman and Car on Mississippi U. S. 49 Highway, June 28, 1943, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University