Leland Oil Works, Leland, Mississippi

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Description

This color postcard features a complex of buildings with smoke stacks and a water tower. A bridge over a river is seen in the forground. A large sign for "Leland Oilworks" is on the facadeof a building on the left. The title in the lower left of the card reads "Leland Oil Works, Leland, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides indication for correspondence and address placement. A green one cent postage stamp is in the upper right and the card is postmarked Leland, Mississippi June 2, 1909. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mrs. E. L. Folge in St. Louis, Missouri.

Transcription

Still raining but I have sold [?] man. I have call on most of the bills [?] small but every little bit helps. Tell everybody hello. John LM

Publication Date

6-2-1909

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Oil companies; Oil mills; Leland, MS

Geographic Location

Leland, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS-837_Postcard_Leland-Oil-Works_001

Source

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