Mississippi Courthouse Photographs PI/1991.0017

The collection consists of eighty-five black-and-white photographs of county courthouses in Mississippi, circa the mid-twentieth century, donated to MDAH by the Jackson-Hinds Library System in 1990. Each photograph gives an exterior view of the county courthouses. Read More

Image Arrangement and Numbering

The photographic curator numbered the prints in the order they were received.

Technical Details

Original Scans: The original scans of the Mississippi Courthouse Photograph collection were made in 2010, according to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees' approved imaging procedures, following ANSI/AIIM recommended practice. The images were scanned as uncompressed, 24-bit RGB TIFFs at 600 pixels per inch.

Conversion: For Web display, the original scans of the Mississippi Courthouse Photograph collection were converted to Zoomify JPEG tile sets.

Rights Management

There are no known restrictions on use of images within the Mississippi Courthouse Photograph 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

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