Title

Battleship Mississippi on the Water in a Port

Authors

Files

Description

This black and white picture postcard features a large battleship with two lattice/cage masts and one funnel/stack in the center of top deck. The ship appears to be docked in a port or harbor. The bow of a cargo ship is in the foreground of the photograph the port dock and buildings are behind the ship. The handwritten title along the bottom of the card identifies the ship as "Battleship Mississippi". The back of the postcardidentifies the item as a postcard and provides indication for correspondence, address, and postage stamp placement.

Publication Date

1900

Time Period

1910-1919

Subjects

Postcards; United States. Navy--Ships; Ports

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Battleship-Mississippi_001

Source

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

Recommended Citation

Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University