A View of Front Street from Main Street, Downtown Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Authors

Files

Contributor

C. T. American Art

Description

This color postcard features buildings and early twentieth century cars in downtown Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The title along the bottom of the card reads "Front St. From Main, Hattiesburg, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides creator information as well as indication for correspondence and address placement. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Hattiesburg, Mississippi November 12, 1924. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Miss Myrtle Butler in Liberty, Mississippi.

Transcription

Wednesday A. M The convention is fine. Great speaches yesterday. Bro. Johnson Bro. Quim, Bro. Edmonds and Bro. McKee all here and asking about Liberty folks. Wish you were here to greet them. Bro. Lane came over with us and is having big times greeting old friends. Hope Liberty has had a rain and everybody is feeling good. We go to Woman's College tonight and will see our girls. Regards to Bro. Butler and yourself. Mrs. Riley [sic]

Publication Date

11-12-1924

Time Period

1920-1929

Subjects

Postcards; Hattiesburg, MS

Geographic Location

Hattiesburg, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Front-Street-from-Main-Hattiesburg-Miss_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Hattiesburg Sub-Collection

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

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