Carrie Hearn-Hurt Memorial Building, College Campus, Blue Mountain, Mississippi

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Description

This black and white postcard features the Carrie Hearn-Hurt Memorial Building the Blue Mountain College Campus in Blue Mountain, Mississippi. The building is a large two story structure with a balcony on the second story and multiple chimneys along the rooftop. Several trees partially obstruct the view of the building. The title is printed beneath the image and an inscription is handwritten below the title. The inscription reads "Hello how are you this rainy weather. It has been raining for one week. J. N. Bennett. "[sic] The back of the postcard is addressed to Mr. Boyd Culver in Peoria, Illinois. The card bears three postmarks. Blue Mountain, Mississippi, October 2, 1906, Peoria, Illinois, October 3, 1906, and General Delivery, Peoria, Illinois, October 3, 1906. A note about the college is printed in the lower left corner that reads "Many good schools canvass largely without overflowing. With much more room, Blue Mountain Female College, Blue Mountain, Miss., overflows largely without canvassing. Why?"

Publication Date

1906

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Women's colleges

Keywords

Christian Colleges; Private Colleges

Geographic Location

Blue Mountain, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1906-10-03_Postcard-Hearn-Hurt-Memorial-Building_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 3, 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

Carrie Hearn-Hurt Memorial Building, College Campus, Blue Mountain, Mississippi, 1906, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University