African-Americana Postcards and Photographs

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of a Black man being eaten by an alligator in the water in the Florida Everglades. Colorful flowers can be seen behind the alligator and the man and trees are depicted in the distance. The title "Free Lunch in the Everglades, Florida" is printed along the top of the card. The back of the postcard is addressed to Mr. P. L. Schrock in Massillon, Ohio. The card is postmarked Jacksonville, Florida, February 24, 1930 and a green, one cent postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. A poem about Florida is printed in the upper left corner and an inscription is written sideways on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

Transcription

Will you call up the water Co and gas and electric and have it put in Friday be sure the spickets are all turned shut Mother [sic]

Publication Date

1930

Publisher

E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee

Time Period

1930-1939

Subjects

Postcards; Alligators

Geographic Location

Florida

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1930-02-24_Postcard-Free-Lunch-Everglades_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, Box 3: Mississippi Coastal 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.

Free Lunch in the Everglades, Florida

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