Front Street Looking East, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Authors

Files

Contributor

Henley, D. B.

Description

This postcard features a color illustration Front Street Looking East in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Commercial buildings and utility poles are on either side of the street and people and horse drawn buggies are depicted on the street. A sign on front building on the right reads "G. D. Benedict's Yellow Pine Lumber". An inscription is written sideways across the image. The back of the card is addressed to Mr. E. H. Sojourn in Slidell, Louisiana. The card is postmarked Hattiesburg, Miss., February 15, 1908 and Slidell, Louisiana, February 16. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed upside down and crooked in the upper right corner. An inscription is written sideways on the left half of the card. [see transcription]

Transcription

[front of the card] Read your postal yesterday and met the postman this morning, he gave me your letter. Yes I’m still angry you know I told you you couldn't answer my letter til you [???] [back of the card] Came to K'mry this morning am having a swell time as usual. Time to see the [???] played to-night Ev. N. [sic]

Publication Date

1908

Publisher

Post Card Depot, Hattiesburg, Miss.

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Streets; Commercial buildings

Keywords

streets; Hattiesburg, MS

Geographic Location

Hattiesburg, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1908-02-15_Postcard-Front-St-Hattiesburg_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 4, 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

Front Street Looking East, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University