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

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Contributor

Illustrated Postal Card and Nov. Co.

Description

This black and white picture postcard features the trainees at Camp Shelby participating in "setting up" exercises in an open field with tents in the background and tree stumps in the foreground. The title along the top reads "Kentucky" Setting Up Exercises, Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss." The back of the picture postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides artist information and indication for address and correspondence information. The postage stamp has been removed and "4--" is written in pencil where the stamp should be. The card is postmarked Hattiesburg, Mississippi, June 17, 1918. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Miss Louise Goldsmith in Bellfontaine, Ohio.

Transcription

Dear Friend Am sending you a word so you will know where to write to me am feeling fine at Camp Shelby Mississippi be sure and write soon. Your friend Lloyd G Grimes [sic]

Publication Date

6-17-1918

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_"╜Kentucky"╜-Setting-up-exercises-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.

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