Running at the Railroad Tracks

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Description

A black and white photograph of two young Black women and a young Black child running along the railroad tracks is featured on this postcard. The two women are both wearing white dresses and high held shoes with one of them wearing a white hat and the other wearing a dark hat. The two women are smiling as they run behind the child. The child is wearing dark trousers with suspenders over a light colored shirt. He is barefoot and wearing a light colored bucket hat. A set of train tracks and a train car are pictured behind the group.

Subjects

Postcards; Women; Women, Black; Children, Black; Railroad trains

Keywords

women; railroad tracks; railroad cars; African American women; African American children

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_postcard-three-people-railroad_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 5, 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

Running at the Railroad Tracks, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University