Southwest Mississippi Region

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This postcard features a color illustration of the Firs National Bank in McComb, Mississippi, a two story building with arched windows and a turret on the front corner. The bottom floor is primarily glass that wraps from the corner around to the left side of the buildings. People are seen on the sidewalk and horse drawn buggies are seen on the street at the sidewalk in front of the building. The title of the card is printed in two sections with "McComb City, Miss" on the left beneath the image and "First National Bank" printed on the right beneath the image. "Many thanks for the card. Aus soon Hazel" is written at the botton edge of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Mr. Percy Eckler in Van Hornesville, New York. The card is postmarked Richfield Springs, New York, September 23, 1908 and a green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner of the card.

Publication Date

1908

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Bank buildings

Keywords

banks; bank buildings; McComb, MS

Geographic Location

McComb, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1908-09-23_Postcard-Frst-Nat-Bank-McComb_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 4, 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.

First National Bank, McComb City, Mississippi

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