Northeast Mississippi Region
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Description
This color postcard features a large building with a round elevation in the center of the roof. Another round elevation is on a building to the back right. Bare trees are in front of the building, along with an evergreen. The title along the top of the card identifies the building as "Observatory, University of Miss., Oxford, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for correspondence and address placement. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Fulton and Jackson, R. P. O., December 10, 1911. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Miss Alice Barrett in Webster Grove, Missouri.
Transcription
Just leaving for Jackson Miss arrive there in the morning Papa Dec 10-11 [sic]
Publication Date
12-10-1911
Publisher
A. M. Simon
Time Period
1910-1919
Subjects
Postcards; Observatories; State universities and colleges; Oxford, MS
Geographic Location
Oxford, MS
Object Type
image
Format (original)
Postcard
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MSS_837_Postcard_New-Observatory-University-of-Mississippi-Oxford-Miss_001
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 1: Oxford Subcollection
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
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.
Recommended Citation
Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University