Mississippi Delta Region

Authors

Files

Download

Download Full Text (1.2 MB)

Description

This color postcard features a bird's eye view of a large hotel with colorful windows. Trees and streets surround the hotel and a vertical sign is in the right corner of the lot that reads "Downtowner Motor Inn." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for postage stamp placement. The description in the upper left reads "Downtowner Motor Inn Washington near Poplar Greenville, Mississippi Combined advantages of Motel and Hotel facilities in a downtown location. 101 Spacious Rooms--Free T. V.--Swimming Pool--Free Parking--Free Wire Reservations to Many Other Downtowner Motor Inns. For the finest in accommodations Phone 335-2661." A logo for the inn and triple A is also in the upper left corner on either side of the description.

Publication Date

1960

Publisher

Colourpicture Publishers, Inc.

Time Period

1960-1969

Subjects

Postcards; Inns; Greenville, MS

Geographic Location

Greenville, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS-837_Postcard_Downtowner-Motor-Inn_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.

Downtowner Motor Inn, Greenville, Mississippi

Share

COinS