Title

Aluminum Irrigation Pipe

Creator

Fennell

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Preferred Citation

Rand (Clayton) Papers, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University

Description

First carload of extruded aluminum irrigation pipe made by Mississippi Aluminum Corporation's Gulfport factory, May 1954. On hand for the occasion were (left to right): John Lee Gainey, county industrial agent; John Dalier, Mississippi Power Company; Sam Williams, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce; W. M. Ladnier, president of the county board of supervisors; James Ballard, president of the Chamber of Commerce; W. M. Ladnier, president of the county board of supervisors; James Ballard, president of the chamber; John Moore, general agent of Illinois Central Railroad; Victor Mrowca, secretary-treasurer of Mississippi Aluminum Company; Mr. James O. Wade, vice president of the Company; W. L. Stringer, L & N Railroad; Ben Harrell of Gulf National Bank; Donald Sutter, president of the Coast Council; Colonel D. B. Shourds, architect; W. C. Mabry and Lee Wood, industrial representative of Mississippi Power Co., and Lyle Crews, Dixie Highway Express.

Subjects

Aluminum pipe.; Mississippi Aluminum Corporation (Gulfport, Miss.)--Photographs.; Railroad cars.; Men's clothing.; Gulfport (Miss.)--Photographs.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)

Keywords

CHARM

Date

1954

Geographic Location

Gulfport (Miss.)

Time Period

1950-1959

Object Type

Image

Format (Original)

1 photograph : b&w

Format (Digital)

JPEG

Digital ID

91-1245aC.jpg

Related Materials

Deeply Rooted; CHARM

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, Manuscripts Division, Rand (Clayton) Papers, Box 30/Photographs/May 1954

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Rights

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Contact Information

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