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

Public domain

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

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

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

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