U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station Reservation Laboratory Complex Entrance, Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features the main entrance to the reservation laboratory complex of the U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, a driveway divided by a median bearing the sign for the facility . A long, tan, brick building with eight brick columns across the front is pictured behind the driveway. A large tree is on the left end of the building, a flagpole with the United States flag stands in the middle in front of the building and trees are seen behind the building. A paragraph on the back of the card states "U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi...Main entrance to the 600-acre reservation laboratory complex, the principal reservation laboratory complex, the principal research, testing, and development facility of the Corps of Engineers in the scientific fields of hydraulics, soil mechanics, concrete, mobility of military vehicles, nuclear weapons effects, and flexible pavement design. Open daily to the public Monday through Friday, with free guided tourist at 10:00 A. M. and 2:00 P. M." Classic southern imagery is illustrated along the left edges of the card and a logo for "A Deep South Card" is in the top center.

Publisher

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

Subjects

Postcards; Engineering experiment stations

Geographic Location

Vicksburg, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Waterways-Experiment-Station_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

U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station Reservation Laboratory Complex Entrance, Vicksburg, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University