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"3IU	""ACTS	&	. iCTlOK ABOUT BILOXI, HARR. JN COUNTY, MISS,
0019(3	Edited	and compiled by David Holt
September 190*+
Photos by Dowling's Photo Studio, Biloxi, Kiss.
Press by Daily Herald Printery
Benedict & Wilkes, Managers
U8 pagL-.s
Copy at Mississippi Archives
(Facts and descriptions not entirely reliable, in opinion of K. James Stevens, but pictures are excellent portrayal of area for probably 1903-190*+.)
Among pictures are following:
POINT COMFORT — Ocean Springs in the Distance THE BILOXI FRONT BEACH, SHOWING THE BEAUTIFUL SHELL DRIVEWAY BRIDGE ACROSS THE BACK BAY OF BILOXI -- MORE THAN A MILE IN LENGTH OYSTER, SHRIMP AND FIG CANNERY AT POINT CADET, BILOXI OYSTER SCHOONERS UNLOADING AT CANNING FACTORY IN BILOXI
THE RAW OYSTER WHARVES WHERE KILT,IONS OF OYSTERS ARE OPENED EACH YEAR FOR SHIPMENT
THE LARGEST T ARPON EVER LANDED ON ROD AND REEL
THE SCHOONER DREDGE WHICH ELEVATES THE OYSTERS
AN OYSTER AND SHRIMP CANNERY ON BACK BAY
VIEW OF BILOXI LOOKING WEST FROM ROOF OF DUKATE THEATRE
SOUTH
EAST
WEST HOWARD AVENUE - View Looking East from Reynoir Street
"THE BANK CORNER" - Hovard Avenue and Lameuse Street, Looking West
PORTER AVENUE, WEST END, WHERE THE CARS TURN
THE AVENUE OF OAKS -- BENACHI AVENUE
HOWARD AVENUE - Looking East from Delaunay Street
THE BAPTIST CHURCH, LA MEUSE STREET
Biloxi Electric Railway & Power Ccnpany’s Plant in the Distance
LIGHTHOUSE AND BEACH FROM SANATORIUM WHARF
LONG LEAF YELLOW PINE "CROSS DE EAY"
POINT CADET -- DEER ISLAND IN THE DISTANCE (Point Cadet has many trees)
ONE OF THE NUMEROUS BILOXI SHIPYARDS


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