Confederate Monument, Laurel, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of a Confederate monument in front of the Jones County Courthouse in Laurel, Mississippi. The monument is a stone statue of a soldier standing on a pedestal atop the roof of eight paired Tuscan columns on pedestals, that enclose a statue of a woman kneeling in grief, all on a stepped base. "Confederate Soldiers" is engraved on the facing of the monument, flanked by the image of crossed swords. The courthouse is to the right of the monument. The title of the card is printed at the bottom right of the image.

Subjects

Postcards; Soldiers' monuments--Southern States

Keywords

confederate monuments

Geographic Location

Laurel, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Confederate-Monument-Laurel_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.

Recommended Citation

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