Illinois Central Railroad Offices, McComb City, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the Illinois Central Railroad Offices in McComb, Mississippi. The offics are in a long, two story reddish-brown bujilsing with awnings over the second story windows. Chimneys are seen on the roof and depot buildings and railroad cars are seen behind the office building. Railroad tracks are seen in the foreground in fornt of the buiding and utility poles are in front of the building. The title of the card is printed with "McComb City, Miss" in the lower left and "Illinois Central Railroad Offices" is printed in the lower left corner. "Hear is the postal at last. Thomas" is written at the bottom edge of the card. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Mary Schieder in Annandale, Minnesota. "From Jose Johnson" is written in the bottom left corner and the card is postmarked Nasty, Minnesota, May 14, 1909 and the postage stamp was removed from the upper right corner.

Publication Date

1909

Time Period

1900-1909

Subjects

Postcards; Railroad companies

Keywords

railroad offices; Illinois Central Railroad; McComb, MS

Geographic Location

McComb, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1909-05-14_Postcard-ICR-Offices-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.

Recommended Citation

Illinois Central Railroad Offices, McComb City, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University