Lafayette County Courthouse, Oxford, Mississippi

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Description

This black and white postcard features an image of the Lafayette County Courthouse with several trees in front and a heavy frost on the ground. The courthouse features a clock tower in the center of the roof, a chimney on either end, and columns across the front. The title is printed along the bottom edge of the image and a handwritten inscription is written beneath the title and along the top of the image. The inscription along the top reads "This picture was taken in 1852 when sleet was all over the ground. Lots of love, JF" and the inscription along the bottom reads "Be sure and answer that question on the other postal I am sending you. Why not let write letters, yours James Ford" The back of the postcard is addressed to "Miss Eleanor Sutton in Greenwood, Mississippi. The card is postmarked twice: University Miss. October 6, 1906 and Greenwood, Miss October 6, 1906. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed upside down in the upper right corner.

Publication Date

1906

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Courthouses

Keywords

courthouses

Geographic Location

Oxford, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1906-10-06_Postcard-Lafayette-Court-House_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

Lafayette County Courthouse, Oxford, Mississippi, 1906, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University