Keesler Field (Keesler Air Force Base)

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This black and white photograph features a close-up of a plaque that accompanies the monument of cannons. The plaque reads "These cannons from deck of ship of D'Irberville, Founder of Biloxi, Sunk in Back Bay." The bottom plaque is not readable.

Transcription

Guns found in Gulf

Publication Date

1944

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Monuments; War monuments

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

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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 reproduce is required.

Contact Information

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

Plaque Close-up For Cannon Monument

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