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Old Transit in Southern Mississippi.

ca. 1885

Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This stereograph card depicts a man, woman, and children in a two wheeled cart drawn by two oxen. There is a small house, with two women holding babies standing in front of it. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the 'card. At either end of the card is vertical text. On the left side margin is script that reads "Strohmeyer & Wyman, Publishers. / New York, N.Y." On the right side margin is script that reads "Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, / New York Liverpool Toronto-Canada Ottawa-Kansas." Along the bottom left margin is text that reads "Copyright 1895 by Strohmeyer & Wyman." Along the bottom right margin is text that reads"[illegible]...id Transit in Southern Mississippi."

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2015.248.4.23

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