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 vehicle. A man to the right is seen crouching to take a photograph and a backboard with a basketball hoop is seen to the left. Trees are seen lining the area behind the men. The white edges of the photograph are scalloped. "Camp Shelby 3/42 Leveling off the basketball court!" is handwritten on the back of the photograph.

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_003

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 Basketball Court, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University