VICKSBURG'S PIAZZA HOTEL - ANOTHER METAL DETECTOR FIND

I love to collect small reminders of Vicksburg's past. This brass key and attached brass ID, to a hotel room in Vicksburg's  old Piazza Hotel, which I dug while on a relic hunt here in Vicksburg, is one such item. It's inscribed,

"PLEASE SEND ME BACK/TO HOTEL PIAZZA/VICKSBURG, MISS."

I'll bet it has seen some things...

EARLY VICKSBURG COIN SILVER JEWELERS & SILVERSMITHS

Vicksburg was home to several outstanding jewelers and silversmiths during its early years. These included Klein & Brothers, Wilson & Klein, Klein & Lampkin, W. Pitkin, James D. Anderson, D. B. Downing, and Ben Guider, as well as others. I have been fortunate to have purchased representative examples of their work; the photo is of extras that I have for sale in our shop.