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Mississippi Gulf Coast Biloxi Beach Highway US 90 Aerial Postcard 1960s
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Chrome · 1960

Mississippi Gulf Coast Biloxi Beach Highway US 90 Aerial Postcard 1960s

Biloxi to Pass Christian, Mississippi1960ChromeGood

Chrome-era aerial postcard of the Mississippi Gulf Coast — a long sweeping view from above showing the white sand beach stretching to the horizon, the four-lane US Highway 90 running parallel just inland, and dense pine forest beyond it reaching toward Biloxi Bay, with a fishing pier extending from the beach into the blue Gulf water. The back identifies this as the world's longest man-made beach — 300 feet wide and 26 miles long from Biloxi to Pass Christian — built along the route of the Old Spanish Trail. Highway 90 was the main artery of the pre-interstate Gulf Coast, lined with motor courts and seafood restaurants catering to postwar American road travelers making their way along the Southern tier.

  • Caption: "Highway and Beach — An aerial view of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, showing US Highway 90 along the Old Spanish Trail"
  • Card no.: DS-101
  • Photographer: Walter Wright (color photo)
  • Publisher: Deep South Specialties, Inc. (Mirro-Krome Card by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., San Francisco)
  • Status: Unposted
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