Happy Hollow at the Neshoba County Fair, Philadelphia, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color image of the cabins and dwellings occupied by attendees of the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Mississippi. A line of wooden structures on either side of a walkway shows people seated on the porches. A white banner is strung across the alley that reads "Welcome to Happy Hollow" and proclaims the hollow to be "The fair's original organized community. "A paragraph on the upper left of the back of the card reads "Neshoba County Fair Philadelphia, Miss. Welcome to Happy Hollow--a part of the nations most unusual county fair. Many fair visitors move into their "homes" on Monday and stay until Sunday, bringing their furnishings, bedding, food, etc. with them. Bare-back and harness horse racing. See the colorful Choctaw Indians in original dress. This Fair is unlike any you've seen anywhere else."

Publisher

Scenic South Card Co., Bessemer, Ala.

Subjects

Postcards; County fairs

Keywords

county fairs; Neshoba County; Philadelphia, MS

Geographic Location

Philadelphia, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Neshoba-County-Fair_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.

Recommended Citation

Happy Hollow at the Neshoba County Fair, Philadelphia, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University