Servicemen's Center, in Historic Natchez, Mississippi

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Description

This color postcard features a large white two story building with four tall white columns at the entrance and smaller columns spaced throughout the wrap-around porch. The porch and second story balcony are both lined with white railing. Street lamps line the sidewalk in front and a United States flag is raised on a flagpole near the front entrance steps. The title in the upper right reads "Servicemen's Center, in Historic Natchez, Miss." 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 reads "Service Men's Center, In Historic Natchez, Miss. "A Home Away from Home" This beautiful center for visiting service men is an Elks Club Building which has been converted into an ideal center. It contains a lounge room, writing room, billiard room, game room, snack room, showers and swimming pool. This project is sponsored by the City of Natchez for the recreation of service men."

Publication Date

4-13-1905

Publisher

Magnolia News Agency

Time Period

1930-1939

Subjects

Postcards; Military service men; Clubs; Centers; Natchez, MS

Geographic Location

Natchez, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Servicemens-Center-in-Historic-Natchez-Miss_001

Source

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