Street Leland, Miss. 4-30-27
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Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Commissioned by
- Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851
- Description
- A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo depicts a flooded street in Mississippi.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- April 30, 1927
- Object number
- 2011.13.26
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1927 Illinois Central Railroad
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- 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
- Leland, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Title
- Gelatin silver print of the 1927 Mississippi River flood
- 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_2011.13.26
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57cf66288-dd00-4e98-bbc6-6d8599d3532d
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