East Central Mississippi Region

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of Black women, men and children standing in a line in a cotton field on Proctor's Farm in West Point, Mississippi. The people are wearing white clothing and many of them are wearing hats. One tree is depicted in the distance behind the people. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Jeanie Dow in Pensacola, Florida. The card is postmarked West Point, Mississippi, July 10, 1913 and a green, one cent George Washington postage stamp is placed crookedly in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

How is Pensacola and every body? Am having a good time while at home. Kate [sic]

Publication Date

1913

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Cotton pickers; Cotton picking; Cotton

Keywords

cotton; cotton farming; cotton pickers; West Point, MS

Geographic Location

West Point, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1913-07-30_Postcard-Cotton-Pickers-West-Point_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 4, 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.

Cotton Pickers, Proctor's Farm, West Point, Mississippi

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