East Central Mississippi Region

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This color postcard features a crowded concourse of people in front of a sprawling white building. A tower with a flat flying from it is in the center of the building. The title along the top of the card reads "10862--Union Passenger Station, Meridian, Miss." The date, Jan. 6-08, is inscribed in the upper right corner. The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for correspondence and address placement. A green one cent postage stamp is placed upside down in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Meridian and [?], April 6, 1909.

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[front of the postcard] Jan.-6-08 [back of the postcard] Hi, Dearie You're awfully ""stingy"" will be here for some time, yes--[?] my cards #3-01-34 are ""sure"" Meridian Miss[?] [sic]

Publication Date

1-6-1908

Publisher

Souvenir Postcard Co.

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Passenger stations; Meridian, MS

Geographic Location

Meridian, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Union-Passenger-Station-Meridian-Miss_001

Source

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

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

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Union Passenger Station, Meridian, Mississippi

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