Pine Belt Region

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of people, mostly women, paddling canoes on the lake at Lindsey's Park in Laurel, Mississippi. There are five canoes on the lake and small buildings and trees line the lake shore. The title of the card is printed in decorative font along the top of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Augusta A Jackson in Lexington, Massachusetts. The card is postmarked Laurel, Miss., March 30, 1911 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written sideways on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

3-30-'11 We are on our way north now. Next summer just 130 miles to Macon, Miss. I go to Eldorods, Ill. Apr. 17th to join the new Co. We are having fine weather here and am having a good time as ever. L. J.

Publication Date

1911

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards: Parks; Lakes

Keywords

parks; lakes; canoeing

Geographic Location

Laurel, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1911-03-30_Postcard-Lindseys-Park_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 3, Pine Belt 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.

Lindsey's Park, Laurel, Mississippi

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