Gelatin silver print of four 1927 Mississippi River flood images

Object Details

Commissioned by

Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851

Photograph by

Unidentified

Description

A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This is a set of four images on one sheet of paper, itself pasted onto a scrapbook page. At top left: two flooded houses; at top right: several flooded houses; at bottom left: men walking on raised sidewalk over flooded street; at bottom right: flooded house with two cars.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1927

Object number

2011.13.7

Restrictions & Rights

© 1927 Illinois Central Railroad

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Type

gelatin silver prints

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 7 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20 x 25.5 cm)

Place captured

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Great Migration

Photography

U.S. History, 1919-1933

Record ID

nmaahc_2011.13.7

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd543aece95-b919-42d4-98a9-54a76b950e7d