Pine Belt Region

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Description

This postcard features a color image of the Wausau Southern Lumber Company's mill in Laurel, Mississippi. The lumber yard is visible in the foreground with various stacks of lumber and a long building, a building with several smoke stacks, and a silo is visible beyond the lumber yard. The title of the card is printed in red along the top of the image. the back of the card is addressed to Mr. Henry Davenport in Edmond, Michigan and postmarked Laurel, Mississippi, December 16, 1913. A green, one cent San Francisco 1915 postage stamp is in the upper right corner. An inscription is written diagonally on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Dec 11 -13 Dear Father After telling you about the Lumber mills I thought I would send you a card picture of one. Ed. [sic]

Publication Date

1913

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Lumber industry

Keywords

lumber mills; lumber companies; Laurel, MS

Geographic Location

Laurel (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1913-12-11_Postcard-Wausau-Lumber-Mill-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.

Wausau Southern Lumber Co.'s Mill, Laurel, Mississippi

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