Mississippi Delta Region

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Contributor

Cordon, P.

Description

This color postcard features the image of a feather plum with a smaller image of a woman in a broadbrimmed hat. The wording on the card reads "Take a 'Tip' From Me When you buy your Easter 'Lid' Get one with a dropping brim; Then will Your face be hid." The copyright information is named in the lower right. The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard, no. 5300 Easter series 50 Subjects. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Itta Bena, Mississippi, April 13, 1911. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Page Martin in Millersburg, Missouri.

Transcription

Itta Bena Miss. Dear Page our letter just received if you wish to I suppose you had just as well have a piano out to the house as not but if I were you I would not take any lessons until school is out. Love to all, F. M. [sic]

Publication Date

4-12-1911

Time Period

1900-1909; 1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Hats; Fashion; Itta Bena, MS

Geographic Location

Itta Bena, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Take-a-Tip-from-Me_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 1: Itta Bena 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.

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