Bridge Number One on Union Avenue, Open Fields and Trees on Either Side, Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Description

This color postcard features a bridge with a white stone guardrail over a small creek. Green fields and trees are on either side of the bridge. The title along the top describes the scene as "Bridge No. 1 on Union Avenue, Vicksburg, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked Vicksburg, Mississippi, March 30, 1909. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Mr. Harry Williams in Topeka, Kansas.

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Vicksburg, Miss. 3/29-09 Yours this day received and I herewith respond with pleasure. I remain at your ferther [sic] command. Sincerely, George M. Klein, Sr. 744 Klein Street

Publication Date

3-30-1909

Publisher

International Postcard Co.

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Bridges; Creeks; Vicksburg, MS

Geographic Location

Vicksburg, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Bridge-No-1-on-Union-Avenue-Vicksburg-Miss_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 1: Vicksburg Subcollection

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

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