Corinth, Miss., Photograph Collection PI/CI/1983.0019
Corinth, Mississippi, was incorporated March 12, 1856, at a junction of the Mobile & Ohio and Memphis & Charleston railroads. For this reason it was occupied by Confederate or Union troops for most of the American Civil War. Corinth was named the county seat of Alcorn County when it was formed in 1870, and by the early twentieth century Corinth was a community thriving on a mixture of agricultural and industrial development.
The twenty black-and-white photographs in this collection were produced ca. 1920 by McCord's Studio in Corinth. The images are of commercial buildings, houses, fire fighting and farm equipment, and general street scenes (the city reportedly paved twenty-five miles of residential streets between 1922 and 1927).
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History acquired one 5"x7" and nineteen 8"x10" photographs from Zelma Katherine McCord, owner of McCord’s Studio, in 1983. Her father, Walter F. McCord, established the studio, the largest in Corinth by the 1920s. The collection was scanned by department staff in 2010.
Read MoreCorinth, Mississippi, was incorporated March 12, 1856, at a junction of the Mobile & Ohio and Memphis & Charleston railroads. For this reason it was occupied by Confederate or Union troops for most of the American Civil War. Corinth was named the county seat of Alcorn County when it was formed in 1870, and by the early twentieth century Corinth was a community thriving on a mixture of agricultural and industrial development.
The twenty black-and-white photographs in this collection were produced ca. 1920 by McCord's Studio in Corinth. The images are of commercial buildings, houses, fire fighting and farm equipment, and general street scenes (the city reportedly paved twenty-five miles of residential streets between 1922 and 1927).
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History acquired one 5"x7" and nineteen 8"x10" photographs from Zelma Katherine McCord, owner of McCord’s Studio, in 1983. Her father, Walter F. McCord, established the studio, the largest in Corinth by the 1920s. The collection was scanned by department staff in 2010.
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"Cruise Street Looking East, Oct. 1930, Corinth, Miss." Street scene.
Date: 1930
Filename: 78505-01-photo.tif
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"Taylor Street Looking North, Oct. 1930." Work crew repaving street.
Date: 1930
Filename: 78506-01-photo.tif
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"Jackson Street Looking North from Cruise St., Corinth, Miss. L. E. G. June 1925." Street scene.
Date: 1925
Filename: 78507-01-photo.tif
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"Taylor Street Looking North from Foote Street, Feb. 1925, Corinth, Miss." Street Scene.
Date: 1925
Filename: 78508-01-photo.tif
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"Meiggs Street Looking East from Penn Street, Corinth, Miss., April 1927, Robert L. Totten Inc. Cons. Engrs. B'ham, Ala. L. E. G." Street scene.
Date: 1927
Filename: 78509-01-photo.tif
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Farm scene. Unidentified man tills field with tractor (Fordson Model F).
Date: 192x
Filename: 102952-01-photo.tif
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"Main Street Looking East from Taylor, Corinth, Miss., Jan. 1926, Robert L. Totten Cons. Engrs. Bgham. Ala., L. E. G." Street scene.
Date: 1926
Filename: 78511-01-photo.tif
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"Webster Street Looking North from Linden Street, Corinth, Miss., Apr. 1927, Robert L. Totten, Inc. Cons. Engrs. B'ham., Ala. L. E. G." Street scene.
Date: 1927
Filename: 78512-01-photo.tif
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"Proper Street Looking East from Douglass, Corinth, Miss., Sept. 1926, Rob't L. Totten Inc. Birmingham Ala." Street scene.
Date: 1926
Filename: 78513-01-photo.tif
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"Bunch Street Looking East from Filmore St. Corinth, Miss. June 1925, L. E. G." Street scene.
Date: 1925
Filename: 78514-01-photo.tif
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"Wick Street Looking East from Taylor Street, Corinth, Miss. Aug. 1927, Robert L. Totten, Inc. Cons. Engrs, Bham. Ala. L. E. G." Street scene.
Date: 1927
Filename: 78515-01-photo.tif
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"Penn Street Looking North from Meiggs Street, Corinth, Miss. Aug. 1927, Robert L. Totten Inc. Cons. Engrs. B'ham. Ala. L. E. G." Street scene.
Date: 1927
Filename: 78516-01-photo.tif
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"Webster Street Looking North from Waldron Street, March 1925, Corinth, Miss. L. E. G." Street scene.
Date: 1925
Filename: 78517-01-photo.tif
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"Linden Street Looking East from Franklin, Corinth, Miss. Jan. 1926, Robert L. Totten Cons. Engrs. Bgham. Ala. L. E. G." Street Scene.
Date: 1926
Filename: 78518-01-photo.tif