Northeast Mississippi Region

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of Main Street in Okolona, Mississippi. A line of two story buildings and electric power poles line the left side of the street. People can be seen on the sidewalk and along the street. The title of the card is beneath the bottom left edge of the image and an inscription is handwritten below the title. The inscription reads "Feb. 6th 07 How are you Mother? Shall write you and Mary a long letter after Jennie Leaves. Maggie." The back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Margaret McNabb in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada. The card is postmarked twice: Okolona, Miss. February 7, 1907 and Collingwood, Ontario, Feb. 11, 1907. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner of the card.

Publication Date

1907

Publisher

Douglas Post Card and Machine Co., Philadelphia, PA

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Streets

Keywords

main streets; Okalona, MS

Geographic Location

Okolona, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1907-02-07_Postcard-Main-Street-North_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.

The North Side of Main Street, Okolona, Mississippi

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