Confederate Monument, Corinth, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of a Confederate monument in Corinth, Mississippi. The monument features a statue of a soldier standing with s gun at the top of the pedestal. Buildings and horse drawn buggies are on either side of the monument where it stands in the center of the street. The title of the card is in the upper left of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Elsie North in Yates City, Illinois. The card is postmarked Citronelle, Alabama, February 1909 and an inscription is on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Sat. morn. Well Elsie we are here at Citronelle at the Pullman. Mr. Zook met us a the train last night. Their cottage is up the street here, he wants us to come there. Not very many here at the Pullman I guess. It's nice and sunny this morn, a little cool, like it was at home. Had a big hail storm and wint and rain at Macon Miss. yesterday noo, small hail but the ground was white did not rain much here. The train from th enorth has just came in. I am going to see Mrs. Steens this morn. Your Mamma. [sic]

Publication Date

1909

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Confederate States of America--Soldiers' monuments; Soldiers' monuments--Southern States

Keywords

confederate monuments

Geographic Location

Corinth, (Miss)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1909-02_Postcard-Confederate-Monument_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

Confederate Monument, Corinth, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University