Iuka, Mississippi

Authors

Files

Contributor

Brewer

Description

This postcard features two black and white images from Iuka, Mississippi. The image on the left is a two story house with a gabled roof, a long front porch and a second story balcony. Trees are behind the house and bushes of varying sizes are in front of and beside the house. A wood rail fence runs along the front yard near the road. The second image is a group of gazebos and a dock at a small body of water. Trees are seen behind the gazebos. "Iuka, Miss." is printed below the left edge of the image and the photographer's name, Brewer, is printed beneath the right edge of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Lorena Phillippa in Corinth, Mississippi. the card is postmarked Iuka, Miss, September 1907 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written sideways on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Say how do you do tonight, I am so tired and fixing for me trip. [sic]

Publication Date

1907

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Houses

Keywords

Iuka, Miss.

Geographic Location

Iuka, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1907-09_Postcard-Iuka-Miss_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

Iuka, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University