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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of a three story, red brick high school in Laurel, Mississippi. The school buildings has arched entrances and two dormers on the front of the roof. A tree is visible near the back left corner of the building and a tree is visible on the right front with a utility pole beside it. A girl in a peach blouse and blue skirt is pictured standing on the path in front of the building. The title of the card is printed in red in the upper right of the image. An inscription addressed to Miss Grace G. Wald in Chicago, Illinois is written on the back and the card is postmarked Laurel, Mississippi, January 8, 1909. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is in the upper right corner.

Publication Date

6-8-1909

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; School buildings

Keywords

high schools; Laurel, MS

Geographic Location

Laurel (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1909-01-08_Postcard_HighSchool-Laurel

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, 2022 Addition Postcards

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.

Laurel High School, Laurel, Mississippi, January 8, 1909

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