Title

Sturdy Oak Tree, East Beach, Biloxi, Mississippi

Authors

Files

Description

This color image depicts a large live oak tree with a white platform built around it. A white fence leads up to the tree and platform. Others trees and bushes are behind the live oak. A sidewalk runs in front of it. The back of the card identifies the image as "Sturdy Oak Tree, East Beach Biloxi, Miss. This is a typical evergreen Oak, so plentiful about the Biloxi peninsula. These majestic trees grow to the water's edge, many being over 200 years old.

Publication Date

1940

Publisher

Barber and Thatcher

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Live oak; 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_010

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

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, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University