Keesler Field (Keesler Air Force Base)

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Description

This black and white photograph features a street lined with trees and the barracks at Keesler Field. A covered truck is seen parked on the left side of the street and people walking beside the truck and electricity poles line the right side of the street. The location is handwritten in the bottom right edge of the photograph. The back of the photograph identifies the location of the photo. This location is at odds with the location handwritten on the front of the photograph. "4620" is ink stamped at the bottom right edge.

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2nd Street in front of no 8 Barracks facing north towards the Station Hospital

Publication Date

1944

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

United States. Air Force--Facilities

Geographic Location

Biloxi, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

photograph: b&w

Format (digital)

PDF

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Keesler Field Subcollection

Repository

Manuscripts

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.

Keesler Field Third Street, Block 10, Barracks 7

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