Created by
Unidentified
Commissioned by
Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851
Date
April 30, 1927
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
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.
Place captured
Panther Burn, Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
gelatin silver prints
Topic
American South
Communities
Great Migration
Photography
U.S. 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
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a942d8bf-3a7a-4dc1-9f5e-4cd09e91f633

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