Kentucky-Mississippi-New York Travel Image Library

10/21/2019

Location: Ship Island, MS.

Image: Photograph; sepia-toned, digital image of lighthouse.

Title: Lighthouse on Ship Island, Mississippi.

Image Creation Date: 2006.

Collection: The Rufus Ward Collection.

Note: The Ship Island Lighthouse was completed on November 4, 1853. It was a guiding light for vessels traveling along the Gulf Coast until 1861 when secessionist forces took possession of the island.

Source: Mississippi State University Libraries; National Park Services: Gulf Island National Seashore FL, MS

Image uploaded by Jeannie Thompson.

10/21/2019

Come check out this Mammoth Cave National Park postcard on the Kentucky-Mississippi-New York Travel Image Library website! The Travel Image Library was created by the J. Brynne Lauren & Thomas Vaughn Hall of Fame Repository. There are various photographs and postcards in the collection which will interest both researchers and travel enthusiasts alike!

10/14/2019

You can find the Kentucky-Mississippi-New York Travel Image Library website at the following link: https://usmlis645group5.wordpress.com/

On the library's website, you can find the current travel photographs, postcards, and ephemera the library has on display.

LIS 645 Digital Preservation-Group 5 - Fall 2019- University of Southern Mississippi