Northeast Mississippi Region

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of Main Street in Tupelo, Mississippi. The street is crowded with horses and wagons. Buildings and electric power line poles line either side of the street. The title of the card is printed along the top of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Mr. W. E. Brown in Black River, Illinois. The card is postmarked Tupelo, Mississippi, June 14, 1908 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Tupelo Miss. June 14 -09 Weather fine. Tempuatures 70 to 96% daily not offensive. Having a fine time. Best Wishes to all B. N.D [sic]

Publication Date

1908

Publisher

A. M. Simon, New York

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Streets

Keywords

main streets; Tupelo, MS

Geographic Location

Tupelo, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1908-06-14_Postcard-Main-Street-West_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.

Main Street Looking West, Tupelo, Mississippi

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