Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Rome May be the City of Seven Hills, but Biloxi is the City of Seven Flags. Photo Shows: Seven flag-bearer at Biloxi, Mississippi, representing the seven different governments which have ruled this city. Biloxi was the first capital of the Louisiana Province or French Dominions, and was discovered by Iberville in 1699. The flags which have flown over Biloxi in the past are, left to right: Confederate States, British, Mississippi Magnolia, United States, Mississippi State, Spanish and French.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
Rome May be the City of Seven Hills, but Biloxi is the City of Seven Flags. Photo Shows: Seven flag-bearer at Biloxi, Mississippi, representing the seven different governments which have ruled this city. Biloxi was the first capital of the Louisiana Province or French Dominions, and was discovered by Iberville in 1699. The flags which have flown over Biloxi in the past are, left to right: Confederate States, British, Mississippi Magnolia, United States, Mississippi State, Spanish and French.
Underwood & Underwood · [ca. December 1927]
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