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Description

This color postcard features a four story red brick building with four tall white columns across the front porch entrance and four shorter columns across the side entrance. The roof of the front entrance porch, as well as the roof of the side porch are lined with intricate white railing detail. The title in the upper right reads "Y. M. C. A., Hattiesburg, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for address placement. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Hattiesburg, Mississippi Shelby Branch, September 29, 1917. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mr. C. W. Schneider in Louisville, Kentucky.

Transcription

Well Duke was awfully glad to hear from you. This is some more life. Haven't seen your brother as yet. Regards to everybody, John H. Tressler [sic]

Publication Date

9-29-1917

Publisher

E. C. Kropp Co.

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Y. M. C. A.; Hattiesburg, MS

Geographic Location

Hattiesburg, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_YMCA-Hattiesburg-Miss_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 1: Hattiesburg Subcollection

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

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Y. M. C. A., Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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