Cotton, Senatobia, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of a yard of multiple rows of compressed cotton bales, some neatly stacked and others in the foreground are scattered. Buildings are in the background with a sign for Senatobia across the porch roof of the building on the far left. Utility poles are in several places in and around the yard. An inscription is written sideways on the right edge of the card that reads "January 7/07 Senatobia, Miss. Will be here all week. Its warm Papa" [sic] The back of the card is addressed to Miss Doll Clason in Springfield, Ohio. The card is postmarked Senatobia, Miss., January 7, 1907 and Springfield, Ohio, January 8. 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; Cotton

Keywords

small towns; Senatobia, MS

Geographic Location

Senatobia, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1907-01-07_Postcard-Senatobia_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 4, Southwest 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

Cotton, Senatobia, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University