Courthouse, Starkville, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the Oktibbeha County Courthouse in Starkville, Mississippi, a two story, red brick building with a dome shaped clock tower and a gabled roof. Four, two story, white columns flank the entrance and aside entrance on the left of the building has a one story column on each side of the door.. A small fence encloses the courthouse and a hook style lamp post is in front of the courthouse. The title of the card is printed in the upper left of the image and pink and green florals on a yellow background are illustrated on each end of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Mrs. William Folnoble in Newport, New York. A brief inscription on the upper left of the card reads "Very warm here 94 in the shade" [sic] and "Charles M." is signed at the bottom center of the card. The card is postmarked Starkville, Miss., May 31 and a red, two cent George Washington postage stamp is placed in the upper right.

Publisher

Commercialchrome

Subjects

Postcards; Courthouses

Keywords

courthouses; Starkville, MS; Oktibbeha County

Geographic Location

Starkville, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Starkville-Court-House_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

Courthouse, Starkville, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University