A Typical Southern [Black] Family, Holly Springs, Mississippi [full title redacted]

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Alternative Title

A Typical Colored Family, Holly Springs, Miss.

Description

This postcard features a color image of a Black family gathered in front of a wooden house. The family consists of two adults, a man and a woman, and six children. The woman is holding one of the children and the other children are standing in front of and beside the couple. The house behind them has a red roof and there is a chair on just off the porch behind them. The title is printed in the lower left of the image.

Publisher

Hopkins Bros., Holly Springs, Miss.

Subjects

Postcards; African American families

Keywords

African American Families; Black families; Holly Springs, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Holly-Springs-ms_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, African-Americana

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

A Typical Southern Colored Family, Holly Springs, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University