1949 Natchez Pilgrimage Program “Where the Old South Still Lives” Mississippi

Original 1949 souvenir booklet promoting the annual Natchez Pilgrimage in Natchez, Mississippi — a tourism event celebrating antebellum homes and local pageantry.

This 32-page booklet (approx. 9" x 6") features striking black textured covers with silver ink illustration, printed by Tom L. Ketchings Co., Natchez. Inside, it includes detailed event schedules, plantation descriptions, and a section for “Evening Entertainments,” including The Confederate Pageant and “Negro Spirituals” performances — a telling document of mid-20th-century Southern heritage marketing and racial framing.

Condition is good vintage with expected age toning and light edge wear; staple binding intact. Pencil notation “HS 40–” on interior page. A compelling piece for collectors of Southern ephemera, historical tourism, or cultural studies of the American South.