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

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Description

This black and white picture postcard features three wood buildings with porches that run the length of the front of each building and pine trees behind the buildings. The title along the bottom of the card reads "Buildings at Headquarters, Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss." The back of the picture postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information. Two green postage stamps are placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Hattiesburg, Miss. November 26, 1917. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Master Frank Doujak in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Transcription

Your letter was enjoyed so much so do write me again soon. How are all the folks? Guess I'll be home before too long. Lots of love, Cecile [sic]

Publication Date

11-26-1917

Publisher

A. M. Simons

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_Buildings-at-Headquarters-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.

Buildings at Headquarters, Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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