Photographs and Slides, 1971- 2011; n.d. Series 1634

This series consists of contact sheets, prints, slides, and negatives of pictures taken by the Public Information Section and the Information and Education Division of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Thousands of images document department staff, special events, exhibits, conferences and symposia, historic buildings, and prominent state and national figures. They are accessible in the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. A small set of digital photographs is available online in the Digital Archives.
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72 Item(s) Series 1634

Agriculture and Industry Buildings Dismantlement

This subset of Series 1634 contains seventy-two digital photographs of the dismantlement of the Agriculture and Industry Buildings at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds taken on May 10, 2011, by MDAH Public Information staff member Stephenie Morrisey. The buildings were used primarily for flea markets and trade shows and infamously served as the "Fairgrounds Motel," a temporary prison for Civil Rights demonstrators arrested in 1963 and 1965.