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| Headquarters of Gulf Island National
Seashore Park |
View of the Mississippi Sound from the park |
View of Davis Bayou from the national park |
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| One of four elementary schools |
East playground (there are 2) at elementary school |
Another view of Davis Bayou from park visitor's center |
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| Washington Avenue, the town's old main street |
Little Children's Park, on the main street |
One of the old homes in town |
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| St. John's Episcopal Church, designed by Louis Sullivan with Frank
Lloyd Wright as an assistant |
Another of the town's historic homes |
A third historic home |
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| This is one of the town's beaches, Front Beach. |
This home is on another beach, East Beach. |
Although hard to see, Spanish Moss, actually an epiphyte, hangs from
the crepe myrtle and the live oak trees in this picture. |
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| Gulf Coast Research Lab is also on East Beach. It is an important
Marine Resources research facility, part of the University of Southern
Mississippi. |
This is a view of the Ocean Springs harbor showing some of the shrimping
vessels that work the Gulf of Mexico. |
Here's another view of the harbor showing some of the many pleasure
vessels in the area. |
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| This is one of the pottery sheds where Shearwater pottery is made.
Walter Anderson, the famous painter from Ocean Springs, worked in this
family business. |
This is the old O'Keefe home, later a restaurant, and now restored. |
This is the restored O'Keefe livery stable and undertaker's location. |
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| This is the old Anderson home, now used as part of the the family business.
The Shearwater Pottery showroom is to the right, indicated by the sign. |
This is one of the many new subdivisions springing up around town. |
This is another of the newer subdivisions. |
