Camp Shelby (Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center (CSJFTC))

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Contributor

Illustrated Postal Card and Nov. Co.

Description

This black and white picture postcard features uniformed artillerymen working on field weapons. The title along the top reads "'Kentucky' Battery C, 138th Field Artillery, Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for address and correspondence placement. A pink two cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Hattiesburg, Mississippi July 22, 1918. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mr. Raymond Reed in St. Petersburg Florida.

Transcription

Hello Kid, Send me Herb. address also R. T. if he writes. Gee but it rains here about every day and talk about your wind blowing, it sure comes this way. R. [sic]

Publication Date

6-22-1918

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; Picture postcards; Hattiesburg, MS; Military Training Camps--United States; Camp Shelby (MS)

Geographic Location

Hattiesburg, MS; Camp Shelby, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_"╜Kentucky"╜-Battery-C-138th-Field-Artillery-Camp-Shelby-Hattiesburg-Miss_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Camp Shelby

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.

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