East Central Mississippi Region

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of the Lowndes County Mississippi Courthouse in Columbus. The courthouse features a clock tower on the left end of the building and four pillars at the entrance. Other buildings can be seen behind the courthouse. The title is printed along the bottom of the card with the word Lowndes misspelled as "Lowndes". The publisher's name is printed in the bottom corner of the image. The handwritten inscription written up the side to the right of the image refers to Columbus as the "city of roses". The back of the card is addressed to Mrs. Harry Morris in St. Louis, Missouri and postmarked March 9, 1906. A green one cent Benjaman Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner of the card.

Publication Date

1906

Publisher

Divelbliss Book Exchange

Time Period

1900-1906

Subjects

Postcards; Courthouses

Keywords

Courthouses; Columbus, MS

Geographic Location

Columbus, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard: b&w

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1906-03-09_Postcard-Lowdnes-Court-House_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 3, 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.

Courthouse, Lowndes County, Columbus, Mississippi

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