- Commissioned by
- Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Date
- April 30 - May 1, 1927
- 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)
- 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: Burdette, Miss. 5-1-27; at rop right: Choctaw, Miss. 4-30-27; at bottom left: Near Choctaw, Miss. 4-30-27; at bottom right: Burdette [illegible] Miss. [illegible]
- Place captured
- Choctaw County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Burdette, Washington 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
- 2011.13.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1927 Illinois Central Railroad
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.