Southwest Mississippi Region

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Description

This postcard features a color image of two women and one man 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. The man is wearing a white shirt and gray pants. A line of white structures is pictured behind the model. Signs for "Grants Canal" and "Delta, LA "are shown within the model. The back of the card includes the following information: "Waterway Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Vicksburg, Mississippi...Showing a portion of the Mississippi River scale model used for flood control purposes. Open daily to the public Monday through Friday, with free guided tours at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m."

Publisher

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

Subjects

Postcard; Mississippi River

Geographic Location

Vicksburg, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-MS-River-Model2_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.

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

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