Leveling off Basketball Court, Camp Shelby, Mississippi

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Description

This black and white photograph features a group of nine young men in dark pants and white shirts standing on a slat of wood and holding on to ropes that are tied to the trailer hitch of a truck that is just barely in frame on the left. A basketball back board and net are in the background and a line of trees are seen in the distance with a water tower. The white edges of the photograph is scalloped. "Camp Shelby 3/42 Leveling off Basket Ball Court" is handwritten on the back of the photograph.

Publication Date

1942

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Military Training Camps--United States; Camp Shelby (MS)

Keywords

Camp Shelby; Basketball courts

Geographic Location

Hattiesburg, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1942-03_Photograph-Camp-Shelby_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 3, 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

Leveling Off Basket Ball Court, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University