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Home Of Noted Politian Reuben Davis, 1890, Aberdeen, Mississippi Dec 2023

Home Of Noted Politian Reuben Davis, 1890, Aberdeen, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the former home of "noted politician" Reuben Davis, 1890, a criminal lawyer, judge, legislator and author in Aberdeen, Mississippi. The house is a two story colonial with pillar columns across the front. Trees are in yard in front and beside the house, partially obscuring the view of it. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the image.

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Park Lake, Tupelo, Mississippi Dec 2023

Park Lake, Tupelo, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This postcard features a color illustration of the pier with a gazebo at the end at Park Lake in Tupelo, Mississippi. Bare trees are in the water and a train track is seen along the lake shore in front of the pier. The title of the card is printed in red along the upper right of the image.

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Masonic Temple, Aberdeen, Mississippi Dec 2023

Masonic Temple, Aberdeen, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of a white, two story, Colonial style Masonic Temple in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Four sets of two pillar columns line the front entrance and three small balconies are one the second floor . Two chimneys are on the left side of the building and "Masonin Temple" is lettered across the trim below the roof on the front. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the card.

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Lowerey Memorial Church, Blue Mountain, Mississippi Dec 2023

Lowerey Memorial Church, Blue Mountain, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Lowery Memorial Church in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, a large, two story building with a tower on the left corner. People are seen on the front steps that lead to the tower entrance. Trees are on the church grounds in front of and to the side of the church.

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Portrait, Mattie, Lizzie, Ella, And Clyde Lamar, Pontotoc, Mississippi Dec 2023

Portrait, Mattie, Lizzie, Ella, And Clyde Lamar, Pontotoc, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This black and white portrait features the Lamar family in Pontotoc, three women and two men. Two women are seated in front and two men and a woman are standing behind them. The bottom left corner of the cabinet card with the primary name of the photographer has been torn off leaving the word "Bros." "Pontotoc, Miss." is written in the bottom right corner. Written on the back is “Lamars. Mattie, Lizzie, Ella, and Clyde. The first male’s name is scratched out. The male on the far right is Elbert Clyde Lamar (1896-1970), son of Ebbart Harris Lamar and Lula …

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Frisco Depot, New Albany, Mississippi Dec 2023

Frisco Depot, New Albany, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white photograph of the Frisco Depot in New Albany, Mississippi, a one story building with a round dormer on the center of the roof. A sign reading "New Albany" is on the left end on the roof. Railroad train tracks run in front of the depot building. The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway commonly known as the "Frisco", was a railroad that operated in the Midwest and South Central United States from 1876 to April 17, 1980. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the card.

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Iuka High School, Iuka, Mississippi Dec 2023

Iuka High School, Iuka, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This postcard features a color illustration of the two story, gray Iuka High School in Iuka, Mississippi. The entrance on the left has a gabled porch roof and a set of narrow steps leading to the door. The entrance on the right has three arched brick columns and a wide set of steps leading to the doors. A balcony with three visible pilar columns is above the right entrance. A dormer is on the roof above the right entrance. A boy is depicted sitting on the ground in the shadows near the corner of the building. The title of the …

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Corinth High School, Corinth, Mississippi Dec 2023

Corinth High School, Corinth, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Corinth High School, a long, three story building with a bump-out in the center. Bicycles are lined up against the retaining wall on the left end of the school building;. The title of the card is printed along the lower left edge of the card.

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Elks Home, Holly Springs, Mississippi Dec 2023

Elks Home, Holly Springs, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This postcard features a color illustration of the Elks Home in Holly Springs, Mississippi, a two story, red brick building with brick columns at the entrance and white molding. The title of the card is printed in the upper right of the image.

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Fountain In City Park, Aberdeen, Mississippi Dec 2023

Fountain In City Park, Aberdeen, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the fountain at the city park in Aberdeen, Mississippi, with the sky colored in blue and white. The fountain is three tiered and set within a round pool. Trees, flowers, and bushes are behind the fountain and a round structure is barely seen peeking through some trees. The title of the card is printed in the upper right edge of the card. "MS Aberdeen" is written in pencil in the upper left corner on the back.

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Confederate Monument And Post Office, Aberdeen, Mississippi Dec 2023

Confederate Monument And Post Office, Aberdeen, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Confederate monument standing on the grounds in front of a post office in Aberdeen, Mississippi. The U.S. Court House and Post Office in Aberdeen, Mississippi was built in 1885. Also known as Old Federal Building, it served historically as a court house and as a post office. It is a red brick and gray stone two and a half story building in the “Victorian Romanesque style embellished with Gothic and Classical details” with arched windows, a gabled roof, and arched details at the entrances. the Confederate monument, set within a …

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Chickasaw County Courthouse, Okolona, Mississippi Dec 2023

Chickasaw County Courthouse, Okolona, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Chickasaw County Courthouse on the second floor of the a building. The Okolona 5-10 and 15 cent Store is on the bottom floor beneath the courthouse. "Second floor is County Court House" is written over a car that is pictured parked across the street from the buildings. "Chickasaw Co CH Okolona, MS -- 2nd floor" is written across the top of the back of the card.

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City Hall, Aberdeen, Mississippi Dec 2023

City Hall, Aberdeen, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This postcard is a black and white sketch of the Aberdeen City Hall in Aberdeen, Mississippi, a two story building with arched windows on the second floor, dental molding along the roofline, and two story tall pillar columns across the front. Light poles with globe light fixtures are on the sidewalk and at the front steps to the building. The title of the card is printed in the upper right edge of the card.

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Front Campus View, Blue Mountain College, Blue Mountain, Mississippi Dec 2023

Front Campus View, Blue Mountain College, Blue Mountain, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This postcard features a color illustration of the front campus view of Blue Mountain College in Blue Mountain, Mississippi. A grid of sidewalks are depicted on the grounds in front of a three story building on the left and a two story building on the right. Trees are depicted in between the sidewalks and in front of the buildings. The title of the card is printed in the upper right edge of the card.

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A Typical Mississippi Cotton Field, Aberdeen, Mississippi Dec 2023

A Typical Mississippi Cotton Field, Aberdeen, Mississippi

Northeast Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of four Black women, two Black men, four Black children, and one white man standing in a cotton field. Most of the people are wearing hats. The title of the card is printed beneath the bottom left edge of the image and an inscription is written beneath the title that reads, "Give my regards to all. T. B. B." The back of the card is addressed to Miss Anna E Lautner in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. The card is postmarked January 30 with an unreadable year or place. A green, one cent Benjamin Franklin …

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Moore's Hotel, North Front Street, Senatobia, Mississippi Dec 2023

Moore's Hotel, North Front Street, Senatobia, Mississippi

Northwest Mississippi Region

This postcard features Moore's Hotel on North Front Street in Senatobia, Mississippi, a two story, white clapboard building with a gabled roof, an arched window above the front entrance and a small gazebo to the left in front of the hotel. Snow is covering the roof, the trees and all the outdoor furniture in front. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the card.

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The White House, Biloxi, Mississippi Dec 2023

The White House, Biloxi, Mississippi

Mississippi Coast Region

This double size postcard features a color illustration of the White House resort in Biloxi, Mississippi, multiple large buildings, with the one on the right being a large four story building. The rest of the buildings are partially obscured by large, leafy trees. The title of the card is printed on the bottom edge of the card. An advertisement for the resort is printed on the left half on the back of the card that reads "The White House, Biloxi, Mississippi, A modern Summer and Winter resort hotel, overlooking the sparkling waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Excellent twenty-seven hole …

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Washington Avenue, Looking North, Ocean Springs, Mississippi Dec 2023

Washington Avenue, Looking North, Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Mississippi Coast Region

This postcard features a color illustration of Washington Avenue in Ocean Springs, Mississippi as seen looking north. A large, two story house is seen on the left behind a white picket fence. Trees and utility poles line the street. The title of the card is printed in the upper left of the image.

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Entrance To Tivoli Hotel, Biloxi, Mississippi Dec 2023

Entrance To Tivoli Hotel, Biloxi, Mississippi

Mississippi Coast Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the entrance to Tivoli Hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi. A Spanish Moss covered Oak stands at the entrance to the driveway with a sign for the hotel and the white arched columns of the hotel are visible beneath the limbs of the tree. Benches and other outdoor furniture are on the hotel grounds. The title of the card is written in white and mostly faded. The back of the card has the name and location of the hotel and the circa date, 1940, written on the back in the upper left corner.

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The Shell Road, Biloxi, Mississippi Dec 2023

The Shell Road, Biloxi, Mississippi

Mississippi Coast Region

This postcard features a color illustration of the shell road in Biloxi, Mississippi. The road runs along the coastline of the Mississippi Gulf. A wooden fence runs beside the road on the left and piers are visible in the water on the left. The Biloxi Lighthouse is visible in the distance. The title of the card is printed along the bottom left of the card.

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Gulfport, Mississippi Souvenir Cards Dec 2023

Gulfport, Mississippi Souvenir Cards

Mississippi Coast Region

This is a portfolio/packet of 18 connected postcards with more than 20 scenes, printed by E. C. Kropp of Milwaukee, of scenes in Gulfport, Miss. Inside is a two-paragraph essay describing Gulfport as Mississippi’s leading seaport, with extraordinary descriptions and detail of Gulfport in the 1920s. Views include: East Beach Sea Wall; Bank of Gulfport; Edgewater Gulf Hotel; Gulf Coast Military Academy; Bathers enjoying Gulf waters; Elks’ Club on the Gulf of Mexico; West Beach Sea Wall; Pine Hills Hotel on the Bay; Moonlight on the Gulf of Mexico; Twenty-fifth Avenue; U. S. Post Office and Federal Building; West Beach …

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Ship Island Lighthouse Dec 2023

Ship Island Lighthouse

Mississippi Coast Region

This postcard features a color image of the Ship Island Lighthouse on Ship Island off the coast of Mississippi in the Mississippi sound. The lighthouse is an angular wooden tower with a railing at the top surrounding the light fixture. A wooden walkway leads up to the lighthouse and a young boy is standing on it. The paragraph on the upper left on the back of the card reads "Ship Island Lighthouse, located 12 miles off the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Erected in 1885, this picturesque old lighthouse serves as a landmark for boating enthusiasts as well as for the shrimpers. …

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Pascagoula High School, Pascagoula, Mississippi Dec 2023

Pascagoula High School, Pascagoula, Mississippi

Mississippi Coast Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Pascagoula High School in Pascagoula, Mississippi, a three story, brick building with four pillar columns at the entrance. A large group of students and teachers are gathered on the steps and on the grounds at the front of the building. "John Stener" is written sideways on the right edge of the card and the title of the card is printed beneath the bottom edge of the image.

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Oyster Factory, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Dec 2023

Oyster Factory, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Mississippi Coast Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the buildings, piers, and fishing houses located at the oyster factory in Bay St. Louis. Driftwood is visible on the shoreline. The title of the card is printed beneath the bottom edge of the image.

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Mary Walker Fishing Camp, Gautier, Mississippi Dec 2023

Mary Walker Fishing Camp, Gautier, Mississippi

Mississippi Coast Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Mary Walker Fishing Camp in Gautier, Mississippi. Trees, picnic tables, and playground equipment are on the grounds in front of some small buildings and cabins. The title of the card is printed along the bottom left of the image. A brief description of the camp is printed in the upper left corner that reads "Mary Walker Fishing Camp P. O. Box 54, Gautier, Miss. Salt and fresh water fishing cottages with tile bath and kitchenettes."

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Lovers Lane, Biloxi, Mississippi Dec 2023

Lovers Lane, Biloxi, Mississippi

Mississippi Coast Region

This postcard features a color illustration of a path referred to as Lover's Lane that runs along the beach front in Biloxi, Mississippi. Trees and a pond are on the right of the path and trees and the gulf with fishing houses and piers is on the left of the path. The title of the card is printed along the upper left of the image.

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A Pelican: A Lone Survivor Dec 2023

A Pelican: A Lone Survivor

Mississippi Coast Region

This postcard features a black and white image of a Pelican siting on a log after a hurricane as passed through on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The storm which is most commonly called the 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane but is sometimes referred to as Hurricane George, the 1947 New Orleans hurricane, or the 1947 Pompano Beach (or Broward) hurricane, struck the Gulf Coast in September 1947. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the image.

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Kinloch On The Gulf, Biloxi, Mississippi Dec 2023

Kinloch On The Gulf, Biloxi, Mississippi

Mississippi Coast Region

This postcard features a color illustration of three houses as viewed from the street. A white picket fence runs in front of the houses and threes are in the front yards and between the sidewalk and the street, partially obscuring the houses on the left and right. The house in the center is a white, two story building with a long front porch and a second story balcony. A short balcony is in front of a dormer window in the center of the roof. The porch and both balconies have white railing and thing white columns. The title of the …

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Jeff Davis Avenue, Long Beach, Mississippi Dec 2023

Jeff Davis Avenue, Long Beach, Mississippi

Mississippi Coast Region

This postcard features a color illustration of the buildings on either side of Jeff Davis Avenue in Long Beach, Mississippi. Cars are pictured parked on either side of the street and utility poles are primarily on the right side of the street. A "Grocery" sign is visible on the corner building on the right. The title of the card is along the bottom edge of the card. A paragraph describing the street is printed in the upper left corner of the card and reads "Jeff Davis Avenue, with Post office in left foreground. Modern stores, an excellent school, pure artesian …

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A Good Hunt, Jordan River, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Dec 2023

A Good Hunt, Jordan River, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

Mississippi Coast Region

This postcard features a color image of four men displaying their duck hunting results. Their four guns are propped in a way to form a support for a pole that is holding the ducks. One man is standing in a boat on the river with one leg propped up and one hand braced on a pole that is in the water. Trees and water are behind the men. The title of the card is printed in red along the left edge of the card. An inscription is written in pencil across the back of the card. [see transcription field]

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