A history of Benoit,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Benoit from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The 1956 movie Baby Doll was shot on location at the Burrus House in Benoit; many local residents played in minor roles.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Benoit’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBurris House, Benoit (Bolivar Cou…, 1936: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Benoit
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Benoit, decade by decade
CommonsBurris House, Benoit (Bolivar County, Mississippi)1936
LOCPicking cotton, Nugent Plantation1939
LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Picking cotton, Nugent…1939
LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Picking cotton, Nugent…1939
LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Picking cotton, Nugent…1939
LOCWeighing and picking operations on Nugent cotton plantation1939
LOCWeighing and picking operations on Nugent cotton plantation1939
LOCWeighing and picking operations on Nugent cotton plantation1939
LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Weighing and picking o…1939
LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Weighing and picking o…1939
LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Weighing and picking o…1939
LOCUntitled photo, possibly related to: Weighing and picking o…19391990s
1 historic place in Benoit
1 place in Benoit is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Burris House, Benoit (Bolivar County, Mississippi) (1936) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (11). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.