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

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Description

This color postcard features a dusty street with cars driving on it. Several rows of beige tents and pine trees are to the right of the street and utility poles and buildings are to the left of the street. The title along the bottom of the street reads "Street Leading to Camp Headquarters--Camp Shelby Near Hattiesburg, Miss." The back of the postcard identfies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for address and postage stamp placement. The description in the upper left corner reads "Camp Shelby--Near Hattiesburg, Mississippi was established during the World War. Situated on high rolling pine clad hills this camp will be one of the largest in the country."

Publication Date

1940

Publisher

Gulfport Printing Co.

Time Period

1890-1949

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_Street-Leading-to-Camp-Headquarters-Camp-Shelby-near-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.

Street Leading to Camp Shelby Headquarters, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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