Souvenir Natchez Mardi Gras, February 24,1903. (Cover Title)

HYNES, R. M. [PHOTOGRAPHER]

Publication: R R Donnelley & Sons Co, 1903, Chicago

First edition. Oblong octavo. Original color-printed pictorial wrappers, stapled, n. p. (45 pp.), double column, illustrated from numerous photographs. A handsome promotional work touting all that Natchez has to offer at the turn of the century. The rear cover proclaims the following benefits: “What Natchez has to offer. A beautiful city. 15,000 population, delightful homes, live retail merchants, enterprising wholesale merchants, matchless health and climate, unsurpassed schools and colleges, upwards of $3,000,000.00 in deposit in local banks.” The volume contains a brief text, but is comprised primarily of halftone views of the city and its glories. These include handsome antebellum homes, shady drives, local parks and monuments, churches and schools -- as well as colored churches and schools -- lumber and cotton facilities, local clubs and other civic institutions, and more. OCLC locates three institutional copies, at Mississippi State, the University of Alabama, and the Birmingham Public Library. Fine, bright copy with light crease to bottom corner.

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