East Mississippi Insane Hospital, Meridian, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the East Mississippi Insane Hospital in Meridian, a three story, red brick building with a outset portion in the center that includes a tower and the entrance. A sidewalk leads to the building with a circular flowerbed that it wraps around near the building. Trees, bushes, and flowers are depicted in the yard in front of the hospital. The title of the card is printed in the upper left of the image.

Publisher

E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee

Subjects

Postcards; Psychiatric hospitals; Insane asylums

Keywords

mental institutions

Geographic Location

Meridian, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-EastMS-Insane-Hospital_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.

Temporal Coverage

Postcards; Psychiatric hospitals; Insane asylums

Recommended Citation

East Mississippi Insane Hospital, Meridian, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University