J. H. Harris Mercantile Company, Chunky, Mississippi

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This black and white picture postcard features J. H. Harris Mercantile Company, with yoked oxen at cotton time in 1912, featuring many of the citizens of this small town. John Henry Harris was a prominent Newton County merchant. "J. H. Harris" is handwritten across the top of the mercantile. The mercantile is a white building with two arched roof elevations and "J. H. Harris" lettered across the front facade of the building. A house is to the right of the mercantile and trees are on the right edge of the image. The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Chunky, Mississippi, June 6, 1912. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mr. Larkin Walker in Newton, Mississippi.

Transcription

Dear Friend, How are you by this [?] I am having a good time. [?] [the rest is illegible]

Publication Date

6-6-1912

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Picture postcards; Mercantile buildings; Chunky, MS

Geographic Location

Chunky, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_JH-Harris_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 1: Chunky 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