Pine Belt Region

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Description

This color postcard features a street with buildings on either side. Early twentieth century cars are seen parked on the street and people are seen walking. The buildings on the right include signs for the theater, drugs, and the Yellow Pine Myers Co. The title along the top of the card reads "Mobile Street and Hotel Hattiesburg, Hattiesburg, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a post card and provides 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, June 16, 1909. The card is inscribed and is addressed to C. W. Watts in Hoffman, Illinois.

Transcription

Arrived at Hattiesburg last Sunday. How are you. Let me hear from you. William L. Ward Hattiesburg, Miss. Care Home Ice Cream Co. [sic]

Publication Date

7-16-1909

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Buildings; Hattiesburg, MS

Geographic Location

Hattiesburg, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Mobile-Street-&-Hotel-Hattiesburg-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.

Mobile Street and Hotel Hattiesburg, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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