A College Dormitory, Blue Mountain, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of a three story dormitory at Blue Mountain College in Blue Mountain, Mississippi. A porch and balconies with white railing line all three stories of the building. Trees are in front of the dorm partially obscuring the view. The title of the card is printed beneath the bottom edge of the image and an inscription is written along the top and bottom edges of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Anna Culver in Canton, Mississippi. The card is postmarked Blue Mountain, Miss., September 22, 1906 and Canton, Miss., September 27. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner.

Transcription

We room on third story of this building. Arrived here safe yesterday. L. M.

Publication Date

1906

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Private universities and colleges; Christian universities and colleges

Keywords

Private colleges; Religious colleges; Blue Mountain College; Blue Mountain, MS

Geographic Location

Blue Mountain, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1906-09-27_Postcard-Dorm-Blue-Mt_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 College Dormitory, Blue Mountain, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University