A Company Street Lined with Tents on Either Side, Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Authors

Files

Contributor

Young, Frank M.

Description

This black and white picture postcard features a dirt street lined with tents on either side. Two men sit in front of one tent and a uniformed man stands in the street with his hands on his hips. "A Company Street" is handwritten in white ink along the bottom. The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides indication for postage stamp, address, and correspondence placement. Photographer information stamped in ink on the left of the card. An inscription is handwritten sideways on the left.

Transcription

This is a Co. street in our Regiment but not our Co street."" [sic]

Publication Date

1940

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_A-Company-Street_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