Created by
Unidentified
Commissioned by
Illinois Central Railroad, American, founded 1851
Date
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 photo features a train track heading off to the vanish point. On either side of the tracks is farmland and telecommunications wires.
Place captured
Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
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
2011.13.42
Restrictions & Rights
© 1927 Illinois Central Railroad
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5da630e18-5abd-4712-9465-f22cac4a9109

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