Hord, Lida Collection PI/2019.0010
This is a collection of ninety-seven photo negatives taken in 1978 by Photographic Laboratory Technician Lida Hord, with assistance from Duplicating Equipment Operator Dennis Lawrence. The two employees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History were granted access to the rooftop of the Walter Sillers State Office Building in Jackson, Mississippi, and photographed the downtown area from that vantage point. The collection also includes two interior office photographs of Lida Hord working at a desk in the basement of the Charlotte Capers Archives and History Building.
Read MoreThis is a collection of ninety-seven photo negatives taken in 1978 by Photographic Laboratory Technician Lida Hord, with assistance from Duplicating Equipment Operator Dennis Lawrence. The two employees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History were granted access to the rooftop of the Walter Sillers State Office Building in Jackson, Mississippi, and photographed the downtown area from that vantage point. The collection also includes two interior office photographs of Lida Hord working at a desk in the basement of the Charlotte Capers Archives and History Building.
Image Arrangement and Numbering
The photographic curator numbered the negatives in the Lida Hord Collection in the order in which they were received.
Technical Details
Digital Photographs: The original scans of the Lida Hord Collection were made by the Reformatting Section staff in 2023, according to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees' approved imaging procedures, following ANSI/AIIM recommended practice. The black-and-white photographic negatives were scanned as uncompressed, 8-bit Grayscale TIFF files enlarged 150-200 percent to roughly 3500 x 5500 pixels at 600 pixels per inch.
Conversion: The Electronic Archives staff converted the TIFF files to Zoomify JPEG tile sets for Internet access in 2025.
Copyright
There are no known restrictions on use of images within the Lida Hord Collection. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by the following credit statement:
Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Publicity and Privacy Rights
MDAH alerts the user to the issue of publicity and privacy rights of subjects represented in these scans. Distinct from copyright, which concerns the owner of the intellectual content, publicity and/or privacy rights apply to individuals who did not sign a contract or release form giving the creator the legal right to use his/her likeness or personal information. Publicity and privacy rights also differ from copyright in that there are not exemptions for Fair Use or educational purposes. These rights are not regulated by federal law but by state statute and common law. When using images from this collection it is the patron's responsibility to determine whether privacy and publicity rights issues may exist and consider the mitigating factors.
Copy Availability
High-resolution TIFFs of the images may be purchased from MDAH. The MDAH Public Order procedure and fee schedule apply. Consult the Photoreproduction and Digital Imaging policy or contact MDAH Reference Staff for order options as well as information on how to obtain and complete the necessary Public Order forms: 601-576-6876 or refdesk@mdah.ms.gov.