Created by

Unidentified

Commissioned by

Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851

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)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place captured

Barnes, Leake County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date

May 24, 1927

Description

A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo depicts the flooded Barnes railway station as seen from some height, possibly from a water tower.

Topic

African American

American South

Communities

Great Migration

Photography

United States--History--1919-1933

Credit Line

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

Object number

2011.13.40

Restrictions & Rights

© 1927 Illinois Central Railroad

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture