East Central Mississippi Region

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of debris left by a tornado in Meridian, Mississippi. Utility poles and train cars are seen and people can be seen near the train cars and working among the debris. The tornado hit on March 2, 1906. The title of the card is printed beneath the bottom edge of the image and an inscription is written on the bottom edge of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Nellie Frazeir in Jefferson City, Tennessee. The postmark is too faded to read. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner.

Transcription

Hello Nellie Reached here all OK find it very warm. We were [?] hate to go to work I wish I could see old Lumen now. Don't work to hard feeling fine Jim [sic]

Publisher

Raphael Tuck and Sons'

Subjects

Postcards; Tornado damage

Keywords

tornado damage; Meridian, MS

Geographic Location

Meridian, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Tornado-Damage-Meridian_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.

Meridian , Mississippi, Looking West on Second Street After the Tornado, March 2, 1906

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