African-Americana Postcards and Photographs

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    This color postcard features group of men in a field with horse-drawn wagons loaded with hay. Trees lined behind them. The title on the bottom reads "Harvesting Hay Near New Albany, Miss." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides indication for correspondence and address placement. A green one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner and the card is postmarked New Albany, Mississippi, May 28, 1910. The card is inscribed and is addressed to Miss Ruth Morton in Oxford, Pennsylvania.

    Transcription

    Trusting you [and] all your brothers sisters father [and] mother well Aunt M. [sic]

    Publication Date

    5-28-1910

    Time Period

    1910-1919

    Subjects

    Postcards; Farming; New Albany, MS

    Geographic Location

    New Albany, MS

    Format (original)

    postcard

    Format (digital)

    PDF

    Digital ID

    MSS-837_Postcard_Harvesting-Hay-Near-New-Albany-Miss_001

    Source

    Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 2: New Albany and African-Americana 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.

    Harvesting Hay Near New Albany, Mississippi

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