Main Street Looking South With Mid-Twentieth Century Cars Parked, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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Description

This color postcard features a view of buildings on a street where several mid-twentieth century cars are parked. Some signs on the buildings on the left side of the street advertise "White Kitchen", "Drugs and Soda", and "Citizen's Bank." A building on the right side of the street advertises "Kirkwood." The title along the top of the card reads "Main Street Looking South, Hattiesburg, Mississippi." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard made in the U. S. A. and provides publisher information as well as indication for correspondence and addres placement. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Pearl, Mississippi, April 29, 194?. [postmark partially illegible] The card is inscribed with a list of several names and addresses on the portion of the card designated for correspondence and is addressed to Vivian L Purzjcki in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. A black in stamp with Vivian L. Purzjcki is stamped twice on the card.

Publication Date

1900

Publisher

D. E. Levine News Agency

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Postcards; Buildings; Hattiesburg, MS

Geographic Location

Hattiesburg, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Main-Street-Looking-South-Hattiesburg-Mississippi_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