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Main Street, Columbus, Mississippi Dec 2023

Main Street, Columbus, Mississippi

East Central Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the buildings on Main Street in Columbus, Mississippi. A sign for the H. Osborn Drug Store is seen on a building on the right. Horse drawn buggies and wagons are seen on the street. The title of the card is printed beneath the bottom edge of the image and the inscription "Greeting from the Sunny South C. E. Breckenridge" is written beneath the title.


Carnegie Library, West Point, Mississippi Dec 2023

Carnegie Library, West Point, Mississippi

East Central Mississippi Region

This postcard features a color illustration of the Carnegie Library in West Point, Mississippi, a two story, red brick building with white molding around the windows and along the roofline. The title of the card is printed in the bottom left edge of the card. The back of the card is inscribed "From Wm L. Lindsey" on the left and "Mrs. Emily Pickering" on the right.


Evans Memorial Library, Aberdeen, Mississippi Dec 2023

Evans Memorial Library, Aberdeen, Mississippi

East Central Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Evans Memorial Library in Aberdeen, Mississippi, a one story brick building with curved molding above the front entrance. Bushes are in front of the building and a tree is seen to the right. The title of the card is printed in the lower right of the image.


The Dancing Pavilion At Lake Park, Columbus, Mississippi Dec 2023

The Dancing Pavilion At Lake Park, Columbus, Mississippi

East Central Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Dancing Pavilion at Lake Park in Columbus, Mississippi. The pavilion is an open air, round structure with a peaked roof topped by a cupola. White railing lines the edge of the pavilion and a wide set of steps into it are on the right. People are standing inside the pavilion, on the steps, on the grounds, and seated on the bench in front. One tree is in front near the steps and other trees are to the side and behind the pavilion. the title of the card is printed beneath …


Conservatory Of Music, Female College, Meridian, Mississippi Dec 2023

Conservatory Of Music, Female College, Meridian, Mississippi

East Central Mississippi Region

This postcard features the Conservatory of Music building on the Meridian Female College, a three story, red brick building with Spanish details on the roofline of the bump-out sections. A sign for the conservatory is above the third floor windows of the bump-out on the right. Pine trees are in front of the conservatory. The title of the card is printed in red along the bottom left of the image. Founded by John Wesley Beeson in 1903 as the Meridian Woman’s College to which was added the Conservatory of Music in 1904, the school merged with Beeson’s Meridian Male College …


Elementary School Building, Philadelphia, Mississippi Dec 2023

Elementary School Building, Philadelphia, Mississippi

East Central Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the brick, two story elementary school in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Bushes are seen along the front of the school building and trees are seen at the far end. The title of the card is printed within a white text box in the lower left corner of the image.


Columbus Hospital, Columbus, Mississippi Dec 2023

Columbus Hospital, Columbus, Mississippi

East Central Mississippi Region

This postcard features a color illustration of the Columbus, Hospital in Columbus, Mississippi, a two story building with white, two story columns flanking the front entrance. White railing lines the porch and the second floor balcony. Trees are on the left end of the house at the sidewalk. The title of the card is printed in red in the upper right edge of the image.


Carnegie Public Library, Meridian, Mississippi Dec 2023

Carnegie Public Library, Meridian, Mississippi

East Central Mississippi Region

This postcard features a color illustration of the Carnegie Public Library in Meridian, Mississippi, a red brick, two story building with white trim, arched windows and an arched entrance on the bottom floor. Colorful flower beds are depicted in front of the library on either side of the entrance and trees line the green patch between the sidewalk and the street to the left of the library. The title of the card is printed along the top edge of the card. A brief paragraph about the library is printed in the upper left corner on the back that reads "The …


Railway Bridge Across Chunky River, Enterprise, Mississippi Dec 2023

Railway Bridge Across Chunky River, Enterprise, Mississippi

East Central Mississippi Region

This postcard features a color illustration of the view of the railway bridge that crosses the Chunky River at Enterprise, Mississippi. Trees and bushes are seen on either side of the river. The title of the card is printed in the lower right corner of the image.


Mrs. B. H. Stubbs Residence, Philadelphia, Mississippi Dec 2023

Mrs. B. H. Stubbs Residence, Philadelphia, Mississippi

East Central Mississippi Region

This postcard features a color image of a white, two story, Greek revival style house with black shudders at the windows. Six pillar columns are across the front porch of the house and a small iron railed balcony is above the double door entrance. Wooden chairs are on the front porch. Small trees are at the corners of the central part of the house and a tall, bare tree is standing in front of the house. The back of the card identifies the house as Mrs. B. H. Stubbs' residence in Philadelphia, Mississippi in a title printed in the upper …


Agricultural Engineering Building, Mississippi State College, State College, Mississippi Dec 2023

Agricultural Engineering Building, Mississippi State College, State College, Mississippi

East Central Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Agricultural Engineering Building on the Mississippi State College (Mississippi State University) campus in Starkville, Mississippi, a two story brick building. The building's primary features are the two towers that flank the main front entrance which gives the building it's campus nickname of "twin towers building". Flags fly from the top of both towers. The building also features arched windows on both primary floors and the second and third floor of the towers. Ivy covers the brick around the bottom floor windows. The title of the card is printed in the …


Walter Mcmahen Portrait On A Horse Dec 2023

Walter Mcmahen Portrait On A Horse

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

This postcard features a black and white photograph of Walter McMahen, age 6, on horseback in front of a metal building with other buildings in the background. Walter is wearing a light colored suit and a bowl hat. His name and age is written on the back of the postcard.


Antebellum House In Vicksburg, Mississippi Dec 2023

Antebellum House In Vicksburg, Mississippi

Southwest Mississippi Region

This rare stereoview double image is a sepia toned view of a Vicksburg scene of an antebellum frame structure. A single horse and a horse and buggy are at the street. The house has a hip style roof with three chimnies and a long front porch with split porch columns, white railing and a set a steps leading to the entrance. The stereoview is mounted on a yellow card and "View of Vicksburg" and the photographer's name are printed on the back.


House In Vicksburg, Mississippi Dec 2023

House In Vicksburg, Mississippi

Southwest Mississippi Region

This stereoview card is a sepia toned image of a two story victorian house in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The house has scalloped trim along the porch roof, arched windows and a cupola. A white fence is in front of the house and a horse and carriage are parked outside the fence. Another house is seen behind it. The stereoview is mounted on a yellow card and "View of Vicksburg" and the photographer's name are printed on the back.


James Reynolds Steam Marble Works, Vicksburg, Mississippi Dec 2023

James Reynolds Steam Marble Works, Vicksburg, Mississippi

Southwest Mississippi Region

This rare stereoview, double image is a sepia toned image of a Vicksburg scene of its downtown businesses on several streets. A branch of James Reynolds, Steam Mable Works, New Orleans, La. is pictured on the right of the images. The stereoview is mounted on a yellow card and "View of Vicksburg" and the photographer's name are printed on the back.


St. Mary's Cathedral, Natchez, Mississippi Dec 2023

St. Mary's Cathedral, Natchez, Mississippi

Southwest Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of St. Mary's Cathedral in Natchez, Mississippi, a Gothic style building with spires along the roofline, pointed arche windows and doors, and a clock tower with spires and a tall steeple. Trees are on either side of the cathedral and people are pictured standing on the sidewalk in front. The title of the card is printed beneath the bottom edge of the image. The publisher's name is printed above the top edge of the image.


Steamboat On The Mississippi River At Vicksburg, Mississippi Dec 2023

Steamboat On The Mississippi River At Vicksburg, Mississippi

Southwest Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of a steamboat on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Steam is coming form two stacks on the right end of the boat. The river bank is seen behind the boat.


Naval Monument, National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi Dec 2023

Naval Monument, National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi

Southwest Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Naval Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Per the Park's website, "At 202 feet in height, the Navy Memorial is the tallest monument in Vicksburg National Military Park. It is a tribute to the officers and sailors of the U.S. Navy who served in the Vicksburg Campaign. At the base of the monument are four statues of the fleet commanders, Admirals Farragut and Porter, and Flag Officers Davis and Foote." The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the image and "Also …


Pearl River Avenue Methodist Church, Mccomb, Mississippi Dec 2023

Pearl River Avenue Methodist Church, Mccomb, Mississippi

Southwest Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the Pearl River Avenue Methodist Church in McComb, Mississippi, a two story, red brick building with stairs leading to the entgrance and bushes on either side. The name of the church is lettered above the doors. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the card.


Wisconsin Monument National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi Dec 2023

Wisconsin Monument National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi

Southwest Mississippi Region

This postcard features the Wisconsin Monument a the National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi, a 122 feet high pillar with a bronze statue of "Old Abe" the war eagle, mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry, sits atop the monument. The memorial features bronze tablets with the names of the 9,075 Wisconsin troops who fought at Vicksburg, and a relief tablet at the base of the column picture a Union and Confederate soldier with hands clasped in friendship to symbolize the peace which now exists between the states. "Monument in Vicksburg park forty miles long" is handwritten along the top of …


Kings Tavern Oldest House In Mississippi Dec 2023

Kings Tavern Oldest House In Mississippi

Southwest Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the historic Kings Tavern, a two story house with a long front porch and a chimney on the left end. Trees, a fence, and a utility pole are seen in front of and beside the house. The text printed sideways on the right of the image reads "Kings Tavern Oldest House in Mississippi Over Two Hundres Years Old First Tavern on Natchez Trace. Has been Under Six Flags." "FIrst Indian Runner Delivered U. S. Mail" is written sideways on the back of the card near the One cent Jefferson Davis postage …


East Mccomb Baptist Church, Mccomb, Mississippi Dec 2023

East Mccomb Baptist Church, Mccomb, Mississippi

Southwest Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of the East McComb Baptist Church in McComb, Mississippi, a two story, two part building with two entrances on the main part of the building (on the right) and one entrance on the smaller of the building (set back on the left). A sign with white lettering is above the second floor windows on the main building. Two trees are seen on the left end of the church. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the card.


City Of Vicksburg Dec 2023

City Of Vicksburg

Southwest Mississippi Region

This postcard features a black and white image of an aerial view of the buildings and streets in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Warren County Courthouse is pictured in the far right on a hill among a dense group of trees. "City of Vicksburg" is written in dark ink across the top edge of the image.


Catholic Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi Dec 2023

Catholic Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi

Southwest Mississippi Region

This postcard features a color illustration of a Catholic church in Vicksburg, Mississippi, a Gothic style church with spheres spaced along the roof line and at the the top of the bell tower. A tall, narrow steeple with a cross at the top point is on top of the bell tower. People in colorful clothing are depicted on the sidewalk and gathered on the front entrance steps of the chruch. Utility lines and poles are in front of and to the right of the church. The title of the card is printed in red in the upper right of the …


Sports, Camp Shelby, Mississippi Dec 2023

Sports, Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Camp Shelby (Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center (CSJFTC))

This postcard features a black and white image from the World War I era of two bare-chested soldiers wrestling with a crowd of soldiers watching. Ca. 1918. The title of the card is printed along the bottom left edge of the card.


Canteen, 151st Regiment, Camp Shelby, Mississippi Dec 2023

Canteen, 151st Regiment, Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Camp Shelby (Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center (CSJFTC))

This postcard features a black and white image of men in uniform gathered on the porch of the canteen at Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The title of the card is printed along the bottom left edge of the card.


Rapid Transit In Southern Mississippi, Strohmeyer And Wyman Dec 2023

Rapid Transit In Southern Mississippi, Strohmeyer And Wyman

African-Americana Postcards and Photographs

A rare stereoview or stereograph double image of a Black family in a two wheeled cart being driven by Devon Oxen. These Devon oxen are of an old breed, medium size, their distinctive color is red. In the background is a typical cottage of the region. It is made of unpainted pine shingles, and, as it may be larger than usual, may have two rooms in the interior. Behind the cottage is a small field of cotton such as is usually to be found there. In the Southern part of the Mississippi, scenes of this kind were far from uncommon. …


A Typical Southern [Black] Family, Holly Springs, Mississippi [Full Title Redacted] Dec 2023

A Typical Southern [Black] Family, Holly Springs, Mississippi [Full Title Redacted]

African-Americana Postcards and Photographs

This postcard features a color image of a Black family gathered in front of a wooden house. The family consists of two adults, a man and a woman, and six children. The woman is holding one of the children and the other children are standing in front of and beside the couple. The house behind them has a red roof and there is a chair on just off the porch behind them. The title is printed in the lower left of the image.


Visual Acquisition And Detection Of Manned Fixed-Wing Aircraft And Rotorcraft: An Analysis Of Pilots' Perception And Performance, Rania Bassou Dec 2023

Visual Acquisition And Detection Of Manned Fixed-Wing Aircraft And Rotorcraft: An Analysis Of Pilots' Perception And Performance, Rania Bassou

Theses and Dissertations

In recent years, the rapid advancement of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) has led to an increasingly complex National Airspace System (NAS), necessitating a comprehensive understanding of factors that impact pilot visual acquisition and detection of other aircraft (including manned fixed-wing, rotorcraft, and UAS). The objective of this study is to investigate factors that affect pilot performance in visually acquiring and detecting other manned-fixed wing aircraft and manned rotorcraft using a multi-method approach, incorporating qualitative and quantitative data analysis. A diverse sample of pilots with varying flight experience participated in the study. Participants were exposed to a series of flight test …


An Assessment Of Loblolly Pine (Pinus Taeda L.) Mortality And The Impact Of Habitat Fragmentation On Southern Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus Frontalis Zimmerman) Infestation In Mississippi, Usa, Damilola M. Taiwo Dec 2023

An Assessment Of Loblolly Pine (Pinus Taeda L.) Mortality And The Impact Of Habitat Fragmentation On Southern Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus Frontalis Zimmerman) Infestation In Mississippi, Usa, Damilola M. Taiwo

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis has two data chapters that consider factors affecting loblolly pine health in localized regions of Mississippi. The first data chapter investigated the abiotic and biotic factors contributing to loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) mortality on private timberland in Mississippi. This assessment considered temperature and precipitation variations, bark beetle populations, foliar and root pathogen tests, and drone survey. The results revealed that the loblolly pine mortality resulted from combination of factors. The second data chapter examined the impact of habitat fragmentation on southern pine beetle (SPB; Dendroctonus frontalis) infestation in Homochitto National Forest (HNF). This was assessed through remote sensing …