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This color image depicts a large white multistory building with a sidewalk or driveway leading up to it. Colorful bushes line the building and trees partially obscure it from view. The back of the card describes the building as "Administration--Hospital Building, U. S. National Soldiers Home, Biloxi, Miss. Theis is the largest of he buildings comprising the U. S. National Soldiers Home at Biloxi, on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. The Home is situated on a beautiful tract of land, containing more than 700 acres with two miles of waterfront on the Back Bay of Biloxi. Veterans of all wars, in which the United States has participated, are eligible for the Home."

Publication Date

1940

Publisher

Barber and Thatcher

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Hospitals; Soldier's homes--United States; Biloxi, MS; Gulf Coast (Miss)

Geographic Location

Biloxi, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Card

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Gulfport-Mississippi-20-Colorful-Views_022

Source

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

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

Administration--Hospital Building, U. S. National Soldiers Home, Biloxi, Mississippi

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