Amateur Radio Card for Wayne Palmer of Okolona, the self-styled “Crazy Radio Guy”

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Description

This postcard features an amateur radio card for "Wayne" Palmer, the "Crazy Radio Guy" for W5CRG in Okolona, Mississippi. The card includes the stats for listening and remarks near the bottom read "Hi John Tnk for Crd and QSO Col. The back of the card is addressed to John S. Allen, Jr. in Lambet, Mississippi. The card is postmarked Okolona, Miss., February 24, 1936 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. "Radio W5ECI " is written below the address.

Publication Date

1936

Time Period

1930-1939

Subjects

Postcards; Radio; Radio stations; Radio personalities

Keywords

radio card; Okolona, MS

Geographic Location

Okolona, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1936-02-24_Postcard-Amateur-Radio-Card-Okolona_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

Amateur Radio Card for Wayne Palmer of Okolona, the self-styled “Crazy Radio Guy” , Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University