Columbus and Greenville Southern Railroad After the 1927 Flood

Authors

Files

Contributor

Brown Studio

Description

This black and white picture postcard features two images. The top image is the twisted up railroad tracks in floodwaters with a man sitting on a risen section of the tracks. The bottom image is the flooded railroad depot. "Columbus and Greenville Southern R. R. is handwritten between the two images. The publisher information is embossed in the lower left of the bottom image. The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides indication for correspondence, address, and postage stamp placement.

Publication Date

1920

Publisher

Brown Studio

Time Period

1920-1927

Subjects

Postcards; Picture postcards; Floods--Mississippi River; Greenville, MS

Geographic Location

Greenville, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS-837_Postcard_Columbus-and-Greenville-Southern-RR_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 2: 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.

Recommended Citation

Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University