J. C. Clark Drug Co., Laurel, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of the interior of the J. C. Clark Drug Co. in Laurel, Mississippi, a soda shop style drug store with tables for seating throughout the room and a long bar on the right side of the room with the soda fountain behind it. the title of the card is printed beneath the bottom edge of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Mrs. Lewis Carnes in Addison, Michigan. The card is postmarked Laurel, Mississippi, October 5, 1909 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

10-04-09 Am so glad you [and] Father could go North. I am still crippled. Have to be carried up [and] down stairs, have had 2 plaster casts on. This is the store All has stick in. isn't it pretty? Love to all. Jessie [sic]

Publication Date

1909

Publisher

H. G. Zimmerman and Co., Chicago

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Drugstores

Keywords

drug stores; soda shops; Laurel, MS

Geographic Location

Laurel (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1909-10-05_Postcard-JC-Clark-Drug-Co-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 5, 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

J. C. Clark Drug Co., Laurel, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University