Northeast Mississippi Region

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This postcard features a color illustration of the two story gazebo, swings and trees in the pavilion in Mineral Springs Park, Iuka, Mississippi. A crowd of people are depicted as standing on the upper deck of the gazebo and some people are seated on the swings to the right in the image. The title of the card is printed in white along the bottom right. The back of the card is addressed to Miss. Lorena Phillips in Corinth, Mississippi. The card is postmarked Rienzi, Mississippi, November 1911 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

My Dear Sweetheart:-I know I've done wrong--Please forgive me. No, none of those calamities have befallen me. Yes, I'm planning to come to the meeting at Rienzi. Hope I may Don't you fail. I am at my post ready to begin schnool in the morning. Yours Lena V. Bolt--Rienzi [sic]

Publication Date

1911

Publisher

The Mineral Springs Hotel Co., Iuka, Miss.

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Parks

Keywords

Parks; Mineral springs; Iuka, MS

Geographic Location

Iuka, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1911-11_Postcard-Mineral-Springs-Park-Iuka_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)

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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.

Pavilion in Mineral Springs Park, Iuka, Mississippi

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