Mississippi River Flood Control Model, Waterways Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color image of two women observing the Mississippi River flood control model at the Waterways Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. One woman is wearing a bright red dress and the other woman is wearing a black dress. A blue car is pictured parked on the street near the model and a small white structure is to the left behind the model. The back of the card includes the following information: "Waterway Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Vicksburg, Mississippi...Showing a section of the Mississippi River flood control model. This view shows a part of the Morganza and Atchafalaya floodway which diverts a large portion of the Mississippi River flood waters through the Atchafalaya Basin.

Publisher

H. S. Crocker Co., Inc., San Francisco

Subjects

Postcards; Mississippi River

Geographic Location

Vicksburg, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-MS-River-Model_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 3, 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

Mississippi River Flood Control Model, Waterways Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Vicksburg, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University