Baptist Church, New Albany, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white illustration of a Baptist church in New Albany, Mississippi. The churches a small, one-story building with arched windows and doors and a tower with a steeple at the front entrance. Electric power line poles are depicted on the edge of the street that runs beside the church. Other buildings are pictured behind the church. The title of the card is printed beneath the bottom edge of the image and the publisher's name is printed in the lower left corner of the image. AN inscription is written along the top, right, and bottom edges of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Mrs. Garlington in Barry, Texas and is postmarked September 20, 1907. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [See Transcription field.]

Transcription

[front, bottom] Mama send me the trade for Mrs. Abrams read [front, top] If you can send me some roses cuttings [front, right is illegible] [on the back] Dear Mother and Sara, been expecting a Letter fore Qite a While and haven't got one yet. Mamma if you don't need that [?] I wish you Would send it to Me for a Whil please I am not feeling Well to day. Gillie [sic]

Publication Date

1907

Publisher

A. B. Henderson Drug Co. Publishers

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Churches, Baptist; Baptist church buildings

Keywords

Baptist churches; southern churches; New Albany, MS

Geographic Location

New Albany, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1907-09-20_Postcard-New-Albany-Church_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

Baptist Church, New Albany, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University