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Capitol Street, Looking West, Jackson, Mississippi Dec 2023

Capitol Street, Looking West, Jackson, Mississippi

Mississippi Capitol Region

This postcard features a color illustration of the buildings on Capitol Street, looking west in Jackson, Mississippi. The buildings are of various styles, colors, and sizes. Horses and carriages are seen on either side of the street and a street card is seen in the distance. The title of the card is printed in the upper right edge of the image.

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Capitol Street, Looking West From Old Capitol, Jackson, Mississippi Dec 2023

Capitol Street, Looking West From Old Capitol, Jackson, Mississippi

Mississippi Capitol Region

This postcard features a color illustration of the buildings on Capitol Street looking west in Jackson, Mississippi. The building on the left foreground is a six story building with arched window details. The other buildings are two, to three stories tall with varied styles and colors. The title of the card is printed in the upper right of the image. Some glue stains are on the back of the card.

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Canton High And Junior High School, Canton, Mississippi Dec 2023

Canton High And Junior High School, Canton, Mississippi

Mississippi Capitol Region

This postcard features a black and white image of a the Canton High school and junior high school in Canton, Mississippi, a long, two story building with "Canton High School" in white lettering on the right end of the building above the second floor windows. Two trees are in front of the right corner of the building and a tree is seen on the left edge of the image. Bushes are seen spaced along the front of the building. A brief description of the school is printed in the upper left corner that reads "One of the best equipped schools …

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Capitol Street, Looking East From Creek, Jackson, Mississippi Dec 2023

Capitol Street, Looking East From Creek, Jackson, Mississippi

Mississippi Capitol Region

This postcard features a color illustration of Capitol Street and the buildings located there in Jackson, Mississippi. Street car tracks are depicted in the center of the street and the Capitol Building is seen at the far end of the street. Utility poles are seen on either side of the street on the sidewalks. The title of the card is printed along the top edge of the image.

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Belhaven College, Jackson, Mississippi Dec 2023

Belhaven College, Jackson, Mississippi

Mississippi Capitol Region

This postcard features a black and white image of a building at Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi. The building is two stories with a long front porch and second floor balcony and a large cupola in the middle of the roof. Trees are beside and in front of the building. The title of the card is on the upper right edge and the publisher is printed in the lower right edge.

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Mississippi Cotton And Woolen Mills Business Card Dec 2023

Mississippi Cotton And Woolen Mills Business Card

Mississippi Capitol Region

This business card features a blue illustration of a sailboat with full sails on the open water. "Compliments of Mississippi Cotton and Woolen Mills, Wesson, Miss. H. C Caulkins--Agent" is printed at the top of the card. "E. Richardson, President, W. M. Oliver, Sec. and Treas." is printed along the top of the back of the card with "Mississippi Mills, Wesson, Mississippi Manufacturers of Cassimeres, Tweeds, Cotton Warp Yarn, Sewing Thread, Drilling, Doeskins, Jeans, Cottonades, Sheeting, Checks, Plaids, Linseys, Cotton Rope, Osnaburgs, Shirting, Towels, H. C. Caulkins, Gen. Ag't" printed below.

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Greenville, Mississippi On The Mississippi River Dec 2023

Greenville, Mississippi On The Mississippi River

Mississippi Delta Region

This stereoview card is a sepia toned image of a dirt street in Greenville, Mississippi with buildings on either side. Men are seen gathered on the porch in front of a building on the right and a horse-drawn carriage is pictured driving down the road. The stereoview card is mounted on an orange card that has tearing on each end.

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Taborian Hospital, Mound Bayou, Mississippi Dec 2023

Taborian Hospital, Mound Bayou, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a color illustration of the Taborian Hospital in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, a long, one story, red brick building with white trim and white awnings over the larger windows. A chimney is in the center of the building. A United States Flag is pictured on a flagpole on the hospital yard. The title of the card is printed in the upper right of the image and "Hospitals, Miss." is stamped in the upper left.

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The Tallahatchie Lumber Co., Philipp, Mississippi Dec 2023

The Tallahatchie Lumber Co., Philipp, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a color image of the Band Saw Mill at the Tallahatchie Lumber Company in Philipp, Mississippi. Buildings, tracks with carts on them, and trees. An advertisement is printed on the back of the card that reads "This month we give you a picture of our up-to-date Band Saw Mill: this mill is equipped with a 12-inch band saw and a 12-inch band re-saw, 5 saw gang ledger and a 9 saw equalizer and the mill is so arranged as to produce the maximum amount of first class manufactured lumber with the minimum amount of labor. Our Gum …

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St. Benedict The Moor Center, Indianola, Mississippi, A Community Facility Under The Auspices Of The Franciscan Friars Dec 2023

St. Benedict The Moor Center, Indianola, Mississippi, A Community Facility Under The Auspices Of The Franciscan Friars

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the St. Benedict the Moor Center in Indianola, Mississippi, a community facility under the auspices of the Franciscan Friars. The building is a boxy shape with a window on either side of the trellis covered porch. A cross is on the siding above the porch. Trees are behind the building. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the card. A paragraph in the upper left on the back of the card reads "St. Benedict the Moor Center opened in the spring of 1961 and has served …

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Scene On Sunflower River Near Indianola, Mississippi Dec 2023

Scene On Sunflower River Near Indianola, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a black and white image of a railroad bridge over Sunflower River near Indianola, Mississippi. Train cars are seen on the bridge and a man is seen fishing and standing near a boat on the river's bank. Trees are seen on the banks of the river behind the bridge. The title of the card is printed along the top right of the image.

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Corn Cribb And Railroad Tracks, Webb, Mississippi Dec 2023

Corn Cribb And Railroad Tracks, Webb, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard, postmarked from “Webb” Mississippi, is addressed to the Postmaster of Lambert, who was Adah Rush Johnson, in December 1910. The image is of a large storage building, probably a corn crib, on the tracks at Webb, with the comment “May we long feed out of the public crib.” is written across the bottom of the image. The image is badly faded. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner on the back of the card. "Greetings from Webb Miss" is written on the left half of the back.

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Presbyterian Church, Leland, Mississippi Dec 2023

Presbyterian Church, Leland, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a blue tinted black and white image of the Presbyterian Church in Leland, Mississippi, a two story building with a tower on the left corner, tall stairs leading to the entrance, and a large, arched window on the second story. Thick trees are on either side of the church and bushes are on either side of the entrance stairs. The title of the car is printed along the bottom edge of the card.

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Oil Mill, The Outgrowth Of The [Redacted] National Business League. Mound Bayou, Mississippi Dec 2023

Oil Mill, The Outgrowth Of The [Redacted] National Business League. Mound Bayou, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Oil Mill, the outgrowth of the Negroes National Business League in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, a long, building on the left and a smaller building on the right with a tall smoke stack. A tree stands between the two buildings. Mound Bayou, in the Mississippi Delta: a town founded in 1887 by former slaves, with a vision that was revolutionary for its time. From the start, it was designed to be a self-reliant, autonomous, all-black community. Teddy Roosevelt proclaimed it “The Jewel of the Delta.” Booker T. Washington praised it as …

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Post Office, Greenwood, Mississippi Dec 2023

Post Office, Greenwood, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a color illustration of the Post Office in Greenwood, Mississippi, a red brick building with arched windows and white trim. The entrance is in the corner of the building and bears a carving within the arched detail of the door. Globe lamps are on either side of the entrance steps. A mid-twentieth century car is parked at the sidewalk in front. The title is printed along the top edge of the card.

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Residential Scene, Mound Bayou, Mississippi Dec 2023

Residential Scene, Mound Bayou, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a color illustration of a home in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, a white, two story house with a red roof and red and white stripped awnings over the windows. Trees and bushes are around the house. Another house can be seen behind and to the left of the home. The title of the card is printed in the upper right of the image. The name of the home's owners, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Miller, is printed on the back of the card in the upper left.

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Main Street, Vaiden, Mississippi Dec 2023

Main Street, Vaiden, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the buildings on Main Street in Vaiden, Mississippi. A two story building with a "Groceries and Provisions" sign along the roofline is forefront with shorted buildings beside it. Trees line the front of the buildings and horse drawn wagons and buggies are parked in front of the grocery store. The title of the card is printed in white in the lower right corner of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Mrs. W. E. Stanley in Meridian, Mississippi. The card is postmarked May though the rest of the …

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Montgomery Hotel, Leland, Mississippi Dec 2023

Montgomery Hotel, Leland, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Montgomery Hotel in Leland, Mississippi, a four story brick building with white trim. The building has a one story section in the middle at the covered entrance. A sign for "Hotel Montgomery" is above the entrance. Mid-twentieth century cars are parked in front of the hotel as well as driving on the street in front. The title is printed along the bottom edge of the card.

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Looking North On West Main Street, Mound Bayou, Mississippi Dec 2023

Looking North On West Main Street, Mound Bayou, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the buildings on West Main Street in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, looking north. A sign for Mound Bayou Drug Store is on the building in the foreground on the right side of the street. A pile of dirt is on the street between the first to buildings and the street appears to be a dirt street. Utility poles and trees are spaced between the buildings. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the image.

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Methodist Church, Leland, Mississippi Dec 2023

Methodist Church, Leland, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Methodist Church in Leland, Mississippi, a multilevel, Spanish style building with a long staircase at the entrance, three arched doors, a curved front gable, and a bell tower in the back. Bare trees are at the sidewalk in front of the church and bushes and evergreen trees are along the side of the church. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the card.

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Methodist Church, Leland, Mississippi Dec 2023

Methodist Church, Leland, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Methodist Church in Leland, Mississippi, a multilevel, Spanish style building with a long staircase at the entrance, three arched doors, a curved front gable, and a bell tower in the back. Trees are seen to the side of the church and a mid-twentieth century car is parked at the sidewalk in front of the church. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the card.

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Home Of Mayor And Mrs. J. T. Mathis, Leland, Mississippi Dec 2023

Home Of Mayor And Mrs. J. T. Mathis, Leland, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a blue toned image of the home of the Leland, Mississippi Mayor, J. T. Mathis and his wife, a brick, two story house with white trim. Bushes and trees are around the edge of the house. Leafy tree limbs are visible along the top of the image. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the card.

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New Bridge At Clarksdale, Mississippi Dec 2023

New Bridge At Clarksdale, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a color image bridge in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Buildings and trees are behind the bridge. The title of the card is printed along the upper right of the image. The back of the card is addressed to Miss Meta Schutze in Austin, Texas. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin postage stamp is placed in the upper right corner. An inscription is written sideways on the left half of the card. [see transcription field]

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Formal Garden, Mayor And Mrs. J. T. Mathis, Leland, Mississippi Dec 2023

Formal Garden, Mayor And Mrs. J. T. Mathis, Leland, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the formal garden at the home of Mayor and Mrs. J. T. Mathis in Leland, Mississippi. The garden consists of hedges, bushes. Flowering bushes, and trees. A stone path leads to a round group of short hedges with a statue features. A white pergola stands behind the statue feature. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the card.

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Lobby, Lafisco Hotel, Charleston, Mississippi Dec 2023

Lobby, Lafisco Hotel, Charleston, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features the lobby of the Lafisco Hotel in Charleston, Mississippi. Chairs and plants sit among several columns throughout the space. Rugs are on the hardwood floor on the right side of the room. The title of the card is printed on the upper right edge of the card.

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Log-Loader, Lambert, Mississippi Dec 2023

Log-Loader, Lambert, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a sepia toned image of a log loading machine near the rail road tracks in Lambert, Mississippi. A man is seen standing at the machine and Hotel Lambert and several trees are seen behind the machine. The title of the card is written on the lower half of the card.

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Leland Consolidated School, Leland, Mississippi Dec 2023

Leland Consolidated School, Leland, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a blue toned image of the Leland Consolidated School, Leland, Mississippi, a long multi-level building with long, narrow windows in the center building. A sidewalk runs in front of the school. The title of the card is printed along the bottom of the card.

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Leland Catholic Church, Leland, Mississippi Dec 2023

Leland Catholic Church, Leland, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a blue toned image of a catholic church in Leland, Mississippi, a one story brick building with arched windows and a tower in front with a short steeple on top. A cross hangs above the front entrance. The title of the card is printed along the lower edge of the card.

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Portrait Of Jennie Manning, The Cook Dec 2023

Portrait Of Jennie Manning, The Cook

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a black and white illustration of a young Black woman identified as Jennie Manning the Cook, on the back of the card. Jennie is wearing a white pinstriped dress and is holding a sheet of paper. The donor identifies the photograph as having been taken in Lambert, Mississippi

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Lafisco Hotel, Charleston, Mississippi Dec 2023

Lafisco Hotel, Charleston, Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Lafisco Hotel in Charleston, Mississippi, a two story "U" shaped building with corbels under the porch roofs and a sign on the roof of the right end that reads "The Lafisco". The title of the card is printed along the upper left of the image.

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