The New City Hall and Post Office, Columbus, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of the two story city hall in Columbus Mississippi. Trees and electric power poles are seen along the sidewalk beside the building. A group of men are gathered on the front steps of the building and other people are seen walking or standing on the sidewalk in front of and beside the building. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the image and a handwritten inscription is written along the top of the image and along the white portion of the card to the right of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Mrs. Pearl Jenkins in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. The card bears two postmarks, Columbus, Miss. Nov. 10, 1906 and Crystal Springs, Miss. Nov. 11, 1906. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner of the card.

Publication Date

1906

Time Period

1900-1906

Subjects

Postcards; City halls

Keywords

Columbus, MS City Hall

Geographic Location

Columbus, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard: b&w

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1906-11-11_Postcard-Columbus-Post-Office_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.

Recommended Citation

The New City Hall and Post Office, Columbus, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University