Southwest Mississippi Region

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This color postcard features the interior booths, tables, counter, stools, and kitchen of a restaurant identified in the title at the top as the "Elite Cafe." The image of a man's face is within a circle in the upper right of the card. The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as indication for postage stamp placement. The description in the upper left of the card reads "Elite cafe. "Pride of Vicksburg." Service Deluxe, Open all Nite. Air-Conditioned. 1317 Washington, Frank Saines, Prop. We wish to announce that a compete change in the decorations and furnishings has been made. This gives the public the services of the most modern cafe in the historic city of Vicksburg, backed by 35 years of experience."

Publication Date

1900

Publisher

MWM

Subjects

Postcards; Restaurants; Vicksburg, MS

Geographic Location

Vicksburg, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Elite-Cafe_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.

Elite Cafe, Interior Booths, Counter, and Tables, Vicksburg, Mississippi

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