A Typical Mississippi Cotton Field, Aberdeen, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of four Black women, two Black men, four Black children, and one white man standing in a cotton field. Most of the people are wearing hats. The title of the card is printed beneath the bottom left edge of the image and an inscription is written beneath the title that reads, "Give my regards to all. T. B. B." The back of the card is addressed to Miss Anna E Lautner in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. The card is postmarked January 30 with an unreadable year or place. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner.

Publisher

Raphael Tuck and Sons

Subjects

Postcards; Cotton; Cotton farmers

Keywords

Cotton fields; Cotton farming; Cotton pickers

Geographic Location

Aberdeen, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_01-30_Postcard-Cotton-Field_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 4, Northeast Mississippi Region

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 reproduce is required.

Contact Information

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

Recommended Citation

A Typical Mississippi Cotton Field, Aberdeen, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University