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"Panther Burn"
Topic
American South
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Great Migration (African American), 1910-1930
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History
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Object Type
Photographs
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Date
1910s
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1920s
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1930s
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Mississippi
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North and Central America
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Sharkey County
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Illinois Central Railroad
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Panther Burn, Miss. 4-30-27
Gelatin silver print of the 1927 Mississippi River flood
Created by
Unidentified
Commissioned by
Illinois Central Railroad
, American, founded 1851
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Type
gelatin silver prints
Place captured
Panther Burn
,
Sharkey County
,
Mississippi
,
United States
,
North and Central America
Date
April 30, 1927
Description
Two gelatin silver prints of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. The photos are unmounted and unattached, but together create a picture of a set of railroad tracks.
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
2011.13.23
Restrictions & Rights
© 1927 Illinois Central Railroad
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