Keesler Field (Keesler Air Force Base)

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This black and white postcard features three soldiers in uniform standing at the gate station at Keesler Field while a mid-twentieth century car is paused at the entrance. A sign for Keesler Field is above the gate station and buildings are seen beyond the gate. The title along the bottom of the card reads "Gate 2 Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for address and postage stamp placement.

Publication Date

1944

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Postcards; United States. Air Force--Facilities

Geographic Location

Biloxi, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Source

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

Repository

Manuscripts

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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.

Soldiers in Uniform Stand Guard at Gate 2 Keesler Field, Biloxi, Mississippi

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