The Gilmer Hotel, Columbus, Mississippi

Authors

Files

Contributor

C. T. Art Colortone

Description

This color postcard features a large red brick four story hotel with green molding on the siding above the first floor. A sign for "Hotel Gilmer" protrudes from the center of the front facade and a sign in the shape of a coffee cup that reads "Coffee Shop" protrudes from the area above the first floor on the left corner of the building. The building next door bares a sign for "Western Union." The title in the upper left reads "The Gilmer Hotel, Columbus, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides artist information as well as indication for postage stamp placement. Advertisement information in the upper left reads "The Gilmer Hotel Columbus, Mississippi An Institution Old in Tradition, but New in Appointments. Located on Main Street U. S. Highways 82-45--State Highways 12-69 J. O. Slaughter, Vice-Pres. Mgr." Text at the bottom left edge invites "Visit Our Duncan Hines Approved Coffee Shop and Gardenia Room."

Publication Date

1920

Time Period

1920-1929

Subjects

Postcards; Hotels; Columbus, MS

Geographic Location

Columbus, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS-837_Postcard_the-Gilmer-Hotel-Columbus-Miss_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 2: Columbus Subcollection

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

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Recommended Citation

Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection