Monument of the "Old Boys n Gray", Oxford, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard is a black and white image of a confederate monument "to the patriotism of the Confederate soldiers of LaFayette County" referred to as the Monument of the "Old Boys in Gray", Oxford, Mississippi, a pilar shaped monument with a confederate soldier at rest on the top and a furled flag on the column. The monument is located on the Court Square in front of the Lafayette County courthouse in Oxford, Mississippi. Trees and the a small portion of the courthouse are seen behind the monument and what looks like trash is pictured at the base of the monument. The title of the card is printed to the left of the monument and "Old" is misspelled as "Olb".

Subjects

Postcards; Soldiers' monuments--Southern States

Keywords

confederate monuments

Geographic Location

Oxford, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-OldBoysInGray-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

Monument of the "Old Boys n Gray", Oxford, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University