Oxen Being Driven On A Dirt Street

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Description

This postcard features a sepia toned image of a group of six oxen hitched together to pull a wagon on a dirt road. The driver is standing to the right of the middle section of oxen and a building with little boys seated in front is seen behind the oxen. The inscription written in the bottom corner reads, "Nina, See these oxen, They use them down here. The [black man] is the driver. They belong to a white man. The language [used] in driving them is so funny. M. G." [Note: This archival transcription was revised as part of reparative description initiatives. Original archival records have not been altered.] The back of the image is addressed to Miss Nina Carter in Hardin, Illinois. The card is postmarked twice: Blue Mountain, Mississippi, March 18, 1907 and Hardin, Illinois, March 24, 1907. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner of the card.

Publication Date

1907

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Oxen

Keywords

Oxen

Geographic Location

Blue Mountain, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1907-03-18_Postcard-Cattle-Cart_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

Oxen Being Driven On A Dirt Street, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University