White Buildings at Camp Headquarters, Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Authors

Files

Contributor

Graycraft Card Co.

Description

This black and white picture postcard features a group of white clapboard buildings with pine trees and other landscaping around the buildings. A white sign on wooden posts reads "Camp Headquarters." The title along the bottom of the card reads "Camp Headquarters, Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides creator and publisher information as well as indication for postage stamp, address, and correspondence placement. The space designated for the stamp is crossed out and the words "Soldiers Mail" is written over it. The card is postmarked Camp Shelby, July 27 [year illegible]. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mrs. Margie Reichard in Hellertown, Pennsylvania.

Transcription

Hello Margie: Sorry I didn't write sooner. I promise it won't happen again. Hoping to hear from you soon. Yours, Bernie; Pat Bernard Postworth, [address] Camp Shelby, Miss

Publication Date

1940

Publisher

D. E. Levine News Agency

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_Camp-Headquarters-Camp-Shelby-Mississippi-Grayscale_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.

Recommended Citation

Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University