Cotton Compress, Columbus, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of a yard of multiple rows of compressed cotton bales with buildings and a smoke stack emitting dark smoke in the background. Men can be seen standing among the rows of cotton bales. The title of the card is printed along the bottom left edge of the card and the publisher is printed along the right edge of the card.

Publisher

Mayo Drug Co., Columbus, Miss.

Subjects

Postcards; Cotton

Keywords

cotton yards; cotton industry; Columbus, MS

Geographic Location

Columbus, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Cotton-Compress_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 3, East Central Mississippi 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

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