African-Americana Postcards and Photographs

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This black and white photograph features Laurence Clifton Jones, the founder and long-time president of Piney Woods Country Life School in Rankin County, with a group of African American women wearing dresses and coats, standing outside in front of the U. S. Post Office at Piney Woods, Mississippi. The post office windows bears the name of the post office and the horizontal blinds can be seen.

Publication Date

1900

Time Period

1960-1969

Subjects

African American educators; Educators; United States. Post Office buildings

Geographic Location

Piney Woods, MS

Format (original)

photograph: b&w

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Photograph_Group-of-African-American-Women_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 1: 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 reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Laurence Clifton Jones and a Group of Seven Women in Front of the United States Post Office, Piney Woods, Mississippi

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