Aerial View of Port Gibson, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of an aerial view of Port Gibson, Mississippi including commercial buildings, trees, streets, a church, and horses and wagons on the streets. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Nannett Stevens in Apple River, Illinois. The card is postmarked Port Gibson, Mississippi, September 12, 1909 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed upside down in the upper right corner. An inscription is written sideways on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Fine old town, don't you think? I'll go home next Wed or Thursday--all are well--L-- [sic]

Publication Date

1909

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Cities and towns

Keywords

Towns; Port Gibson, MS

Geographic Location

Port Gibson (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1909-09-12_Postcard-Port-Gibson_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 5, Southwest Mississippi Region

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

Aerial View of Port Gibson, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University