Ventress Hall Postcard Part of Ann Rayburn Collection

Ventress Hall housed the Ole Miss Law School when this postcard in the Ann Rayburn Collection of Paper Americana was taken. / Photo Courtesy of Library Archives

This postcard from the Anny Rayburn Collection of Paper Americana shows Ventress Hall on the campus of the University of Mississippi. While the building currently houses the College of Liberal Arts, at the time this postcard was created (circa 1911-1920) it served as the University’s Law Building.

To see more historical postcards, visit the Ann Rayburn Paper Americana Collection Postcards online: http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/rayburn”

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