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"Old Capitol Museum, Jackson, Mississippi...Showing the historic House of Representatives, where many great events were enacted from 1839, the date of the Old Capitol's occupation by the state government, to 1903, when the New Capitol was dedicated and occupied. Here Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederacy made his last address to Legislature, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay and other great historians also spoke from the podium. The State Historical Museum, Old Capitol, is a division of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Open daily, except Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m." Interior view. Side 1.
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"Old Capitol Museum, Jackson, Mississippi...Showing the historic House of Representatives, where many great events were enacted from 1839, the date of the Old Capitol's occupation by the state government, to 1903, when the New Capitol was dedicated and occupied. Here Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederacy made his last address to Legislature, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay and other great historians also spoke from the podium. The State Historical Museum, Old Capitol, is a division of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Open daily, except Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m." Interior view. Side 1.
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- Description: "Old Capitol Museum, Jackson, Mississippi...Showing the historic House of Representatives, where many great events were enacted from 1839, the date of the Old Capitol's occupation by the state government, to 1903, when the New Capitol was dedicated and occupied. Here Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederacy made his last address to Legislature, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay and other great historians also spoke from the podium. The State Historical Museum, Old Capitol, is a division of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Open daily, except Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m." Interior view. Side 1.
- Creator(s): Ford, Gilbert
- Date: 1964
- City/State: Jackson, Mississippi
- County: Hinds County
- Call Number: PI/2008.0001
- Filename: 122296-photo-1.tif